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339 (567 dj Junco hyemalis pinosus (lyoomis) A. O. U. Committee. 



Point Pinos Junco. 



Syn. — Struthus oregoiiiis, part; Fringill a hyemalis; Junco pinosus\Jnnro oregonus, part; 



Junco hyemalis oregonus, part; Junco oreganus pinosus. 

 Status — Common resident of the Santa Cruz district, breeding from King Mountain, San 



Mateo County, south at least to Point Sur, Monterey County; wanders eastward in winter 



into the Santa Clara and San Benito Valleys. 



340 (569) Junco caniceps (Woodhouse) Baird. 



Gray-headed Junco. 



Status — Known only from the record of a female specimen taken by W. B. Judson near 

 Pasadena, October 26, 1894. 



341 (573 a) Amphispiza bilineata deserticola Ridgway. 



Desert Black-throated Sparrow. 



Syn. — Amphispiza bilineata; Poospiza bilineata. 



Status — Common summer visitant to the desert regions of southeastern California (Lower 

 Sonoran); recorded north through Owens Valley to Alvord and west casually to Pasadena, 



342 (574) Amphispiza belli belli (Cassin) Coues. 



Bell Sparrow. 



Syn. — Emberiza belli; Amphispiza belli clementece; Poospiza belli, part. 

 Status — Common resident locally west of the Sierras (in Upper Sonoran); recorded north 

 to Nicasio (Marin County), Sonoma and Consumnes River. 



343 (574^) Amphispiza belli nevadensis (Ridgway) Coues. 



Sage Sparrow. 



Syn. — Poospiza belli var. nevadensis; Poospiza belli, part; Amphispiza nevadensis. 



Status — Common resident in the desert regions of southeastern California, breeding in the 

 arid Upper Sonoran and Transition east of the Sierras; recorded north to Mono Lake, 

 and in winter west into the San Diegan district (Riverside, San Bernardino, and vicinity 

 of Los Angeles. 



344 (580) Aimophila ruficeps ruficeps (Cassin) Ridgway. 



Rufous-crowned Sparrow. 



SvN. — Ammodramtis ruficeps; Peuccra ruficeps. 



Status — Fairly common resident locally west of the Sierras from vSan Diego County north 

 to Nicasio, Marin County, and Colfax, Placer County; breeds only in Upper vSonoran. 



345 (581 a) Melospiza cinerea fallax (Baird) Ridgway. 



Desert Song Sparrow. 



SvN. — Melospiza fallax , part; Melospiza vielodia fallax. 



Status — Common resident in the extreme southeastern corner of the State along the valley 

 of the lower Colorado River. 



