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How many broods each season they may raise I do not know, but there must be 
three at least. Their notes are very similar to those of the mainland birds. 
G. Willett (26) reports that in June, 1910, this was one of the commonest 
birds on San Miguel, and several writers have recorded it as present on Santa 
Rosa Island in considerable numbers. Just why graminea should oceur in the 
intermediate territory between the extreme ranges of clementae, with climatic 
and food conditions apparently very similar, is a problem in distribution on 
which I am able to throw no lght. 
147. Melospiza lincolni lincolni (Audubon) 
LINCOLN SPARROW 
Melospiza lincolnii (1) Grinnell, Pasadena Acad. Sci., 1, 1897, p. 19. (2) Grinnell, Auk, 
xv, 1898, p. 235. (3) Mearns, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., rvz, 1907, p. 142. 
Melospiza lincolni (4) Mailliard, Bull. Cooper Orn. Club, 1, 1899, p. 45. (5) Oberholser, 
Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxv, 1900, p. 232. 
Melospiza lincolni lincolni (6) Willett, Pac. Coast Avif., 7, 1912, p. 85. (7) Grinnell, Pac. 
Coast Avif., 11, 1915, p. 128. 
Evidently a rather rare but regular winter visitant. J. Grinnell (7) took 
one bird and saw another on San Clemente, March 30, 1897. He (2) also saw 
one on two occasions in a dooryard on Catalina in December, 1897, and there 
was an adult female taken here by C. P. Streator (5) during April, 1892. Coi- 
lected also by J. Mailliard (4) in April, 1898, on Santa Cruz Island. 
148. Passerella iliaca unalaschcensis (Gmelin) 
SHUMAGIN Fox SPARROW 
P[asserella]. iliaca unalaschensis (1) Streator, Orn. & Ool., x11, 1888, p. 53. 
Passerella iliaca unalaschcensis (2) Linton, Condor, x1, 1909, p. 194. (3) Willett, Pac. 
Coast Avif., 7, 1912, p. 85. (4) Grinnell, Pac. Coast Avif., 11, 1915, p. 128. 
During the winter months fox sparrows occur on the islands in consider- 
able numbers, but as they have been reported so often on sight identification 
alone, it is hard to judge the relative numbers of the several forms. 
C. B. Linton (2) took a female of the subspecies wnalaschcensis on San Cle- 
mente Island, November 21, 1908, pronounced by J. Grinnell as not typical. A. 
van Rossem shot one on Santa Cruz, April 27, 1911, and I saw another which 
may or may not have been of this form. 
149. Passerella iliaca megarhyncha Baird 
THICK-BILLED Fox SPARROW 
Passerella iliaca megarhyncha (1) Grinnell, Auk, xv, 1898, p. 235. (2) Oberholser, Proc. 
U. S. Nat. Mus., xx, 1900, p. 282. (3) Willett, Pac. Coast Avif., 7, 1912, p. 86. (4) 
Grinnell, Pac. Coast Avif., 11, 1915, p. 129. 
On Catalina, during late December, 1897, J. Grinnell (1) took four speci- 
mens referable to this race; C. P. Streator (2) shot three typical ones in April, 
1892, and A. van Rossem (3) secured a pair February 15, 1910. I shot a female 
on San Clemente, March 28, 1915. On the day before I had seen a bird which 
appeared to be of the same subspecies. G. Willett (3) collected an adult female 
