Perching Birds Chiefly Brown or Streaked 



585. Fox Sparrow {Passerella ilicKa), L. 7.2. 

 Back streaked, gray and reddish brown; tail and spots 

 below bright reddish brown. Notes. Call, a weak 

 tseep; song, loud, sweet, varied, ringing and joyous. 



Range. — Eastern Nnrth Amprtcs; breeds from Mag'dalen Island'; and 

 Manitoba, northwest to Alaska; winters from Virginia to the Gulf 

 SWes. 



585a. Shumagin Fox Sparrow {P. i. unaiascfun- 

 sis). Baclf not distinctly streaked, much paler than 

 No. 585; spots below grayish brown; palest of present 

 group. 



Range.— Alaska, Shumagin Islands, and Alaskan Peninsula to Cook 

 In 1ft. 



— Kadiak Fox Sparrow {P. i. insularis). Similar 

 to No. 585a, but browner above and below; tail nearly 

 same as back; breast spots larger. 



Range.— 'Kadlak Island. Alaska. In summer: In winter south alnn^ 

 the coast slope to southern California," (Rldew.) 



—Sooty Fox Sparrow [p. i. Jaiiginosa). Adi. 

 Above, including wings and tail, uniform brownish 

 umber, unstreaked; below heavily spotted with same. 



Range— Coast of British Columbia and northwest Washinelonl 

 south In winter to ban Francisco, California, (RIdgw.) 



—Townsend Fox Sparrow {P. i. townsendi). Sim- 

 ilar to fuHginosa but more rufous. 



Range. Southern Alaska north to Cross Sound; south In winter to 

 northain California. (Ridgw.) 



— Yakutat Fox Sparrow {P. i. anmctms). Similar 

 to towasendi but !es9 rufous; very near /uUginosa, but 

 not quite so deeply colored. 



Range.— Coast of Alaska, from Cross Sound to Prince William 

 Sound (to Cook Inlet?); in winter, south to California. tRldgw.) 



585b. Thick-billed Sparrow (P. L megarhjmcba) . 

 L. 7-3; W. 3.3; depth of B. at base, .4. Ads. Above 

 and spots below ^ray; wings and tail light brqwn; 

 bill large. Notes. Song, resembles that of No. 585, 

 but is recognizably different. 



Hangs,- Breedlngln the Sierra Nevada (both slopes) from Mt. 

 Shasta southward; In winter beyond Sierras as far as Los Angeles 

 County. California. (Rldgw.) 



585c. Slate-colored Sparrow {P. i. schi%tacea). 

 Similar to No. 585b, but smaller, bill smaller; W. 3.2; 

 depth of B. at base, .35. 



Range.— Rocky Mountain liislrlct of Unlieit States and British Co- 

 lumbia; breeds from more eastern ranges of Colorado west to While 

 Mountains In southeastern Colorado, mountains of northeastern Cal- 

 Momlaard eastern Oregon; north to Interior of British Columbia; in 

 migrations. New Mexico. Ariiuna, western slopes of Sierra Nevada, 

 western Kansas. (Rldgw. J 



585d. Stephena Sparrow (P. ;'. ihphmsi). Similar 

 in coloration to No, 535b, but larger, the bill conspicu- 

 ously so; W. 3.4; depth of B. at base .6. (Ridgw.) 



Range. — Breeding on San Bernardino and San Jacinto Mountains; 

 Muthem Califonila. (Rldgw.) 



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