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Range. — Western North America. Breeds from the Arctic coast of Alaska 

 and Mackenzie to southern part of Mexican tableland, Puebla, and Tlaxcala, 

 and from the Pacific coast, north of California to the western border of the 

 Great Plains (in migration to middle of the Plains) ; winters from northern 

 California and northern Texas to Lower California, Mexico (except the tropi- 

 cal border), and south to Guatemala. 



d. Fasserculus gandwichenais br^anti Ridgway. Bryant's Sparrow. [542c.] 



Passercvlus sandwichensis hryanti Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., VII, 

 1885, 517. (Oakland, CaUfornia.) 



Range. — Coast of California. Breeds on salt marshes from Humboldt 

 Bay to San Francisco Bay; winters coastwise to southern California; occa- 

 sional in the Valley of Mexico. 



Passerculus beldingi Ridgway. Belding's Sparrow. [543.] 



Passercvlus beldingi Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., VII, 1885, 516. 

 (San Diego, California.) 



Range. — Salt marshes of southern California and Lower Cali- 

 fornia from Santa Barbara to Todos Santos Island and San Quintin 

 Bay. 



Passerculus rostratus (Cassin). 



Range. — Southern California, Lower California, and adjacent 

 islands. 



a. Passerculus rostratus rostratus (Cassin). Large-billed Sparrow. [544.] 



Emberiza rosirata Cassin, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., VI, 1852, 184. 

 (San Diego, California.) 



Range. — Coast of southern California and Lower California. Breeding 

 range unknown, but probably from about San Pedro, California, to near San 

 Quintin Bay, Lower California; winters from San Pedro southward along 

 both coasts of Lower California to Cape San Lucas, and on Todos Santos 

 Island and coast of Sonora as far as Guaymas; casual in Arizona. 



b. Passerculus rostratus i^utt^tus Lawrence. San Lucas Sparrow. [544a.] 



Passerculus guttatus Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. H. N. Y., VIII, 1867, 473. 

 (San Jos6 del Cabo, Lower California.) 



Range. — Lower California. Breeds on Abreojos Point; winters in south- 

 ern part of the Peninsula (San Jos^ del Cabo). 



