398 BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



vi, 1889, 111 (habits; range; descr. nest and eggs).— Gkinnell, Pub. ii, Pasa- 

 dena Acad. Soi., 1898, 39 (Los Angeles Co., California, mt. aides, Oct. 10 to 

 Apr. 17).— Merriam, North Am. Fauna, no. 16, 1899, 126 (lower slopes 

 Mount Shasta, Sept. 7). 



P.[(MsereUa] i.[Uaca^ megarhyiicha OouES, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 386. 



P. [a.s'.srr('?fe(] iliam megarhyncha'RENSHAW, Orn. Rep. Wheeler's Surv., 1879, 299 

 (Carson City, Nevada, etc.). — Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 434, part. 



Passenlhi iliaca, S. megarhyncha Ridgway, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, iii, Apr., 1878, 

 66 (Calaveras Co., California, May); Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., i, 1879, 418 (Big 

 Trees, Calaveras Co., breeding; Summit Meadows and Soda Springs, fall). 



J-'rixwri'/la schistacea var. megarhyncha Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. 

 Am. Birds, ii, 1874, pi. 28, fig. 10 (bill). 



Fusxai-ella var. megarhyncha Henshaw, Ann. Rep. "Wheeler's Surv., 1877, 1305 

 (e. slope Sierra Nevada). 



\_PasUrella uimlmrhenxi.i.'] Subsp. fi. Passerella megarhyncha Skarpe, Cat. Birds 

 Brit. Mus., xii, 1888, 720. 



PASSERELLA ILIACA STEPHENSI Anthony. 

 STEPHENS'S SPARROW. 



Similar in coloration to JP. i. inegarltynchd but larger, the bill con- 

 spicuously so. 



Adult wvff/e.— Length (skins), 167.89-186.44 (177.29); wing, 83.82- 

 85.60 (84.58); tail, 80.52-90.93 (85.09); exposed culmen, 14.99-16.51 

 (15.49); depth of bill at base, 14.48-14.99 (14.73); tarsus, 23.88-25.15 

 (24.64); middle toe, 16.51-17.53 (17.02); hind claw, 11.43-12.96 (12.19).' 



AduJt female.— hength. (skins), 167.89-175.77 (171.96); wing, 79.50- 

 83.82 (8i.79); tail, 78.74-86.61 (82.80); exposed culmen, 13.21-14.99 

 (14.22); tarsus, 23.88-24.13 (24.00); middle toe, 16.26-16.76 (16.51); 

 hind claw (1 specimen), 10.92.^ 



Breeding on San Bernardino and San Jacinto mountains, southern 

 California. 



Passerella schistacea, var. megarhyncha (not Passerella megarhyn^hus Baird) Hen- 

 shaw, Rep. Orn. Spec. Wheeler's Surv., 1876, 246 (Tejon Mts., California). 



Passerella iliara megarhyncha American Ornithologists' Union, Check List, 

 1886, no. 5856, part.— Morcom, Bull. Ridgw. Orn. Club, no. 2, 1887, 50 

 (Bear Valley, San Bernardino Co., s. California, breeding). — (?) Anthony, 

 Zoe, iv, 1893, 242 (San Pedro Martir Mts., Lower California, Oct.). 



P. [asserella'] iliaca megarhyncha Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 434, part. 



Passerella iliaca stephensi Anthony', Auk, xii, Oct., 1895, 348 (San Jacinto Mts., 

 s. California; coll. A. W. Anthony). — American Ornithologists' Union 

 Committee, Auk, xiv, 1897, 122 (Check List, no. 585d). — Grinnell, Pub. 

 ii, Pasadena Acad. Sci., 1898, 40 (Los Angeles Co., California, breeding above 

 7,000 ft. in higher mountains) . 



' Three specimens. '' Two specimens. 



