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[B 375, C 189, R 235a, C 283.] 

 Geog. Dist. — Pacific coast region, from Kadiak south, in winter, 

 to southern California, and casually to Guadalupe Island, Lower 

 California. Breeds north of the United States. 



585*. Passerella iliaca megarhyncha (Baird). 



Thick-billed Sparrow. 



Passerella megarhynchus Baird, B. N. Am. 1858, 925. 

 Passerella iliaca 8. megarhyncha Belding, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I. 

 Mar. 1879, 418. 



[B376«, C— , R 235*, C 285.] 

 Geog. Dist. — Sierra Nevada and Coast Range, California. 



585 f. Passerella iliaca schistacea (Baird). 

 Slate-colored Sparrow. 



Passerella schistacea Baird, B. N. Am. 1858, 490. 

 Passerella iliaca var. schistacea Allen, Bull. M. C. Z. III. 1872, r68. 

 [B 376, C 189a, R 23sr, C 284.] 

 Geog. Dist. — Rocky Mountain region of the United States, east 

 in winter, to the Plains (Kansas), west to Nevada and California. 



Genus EMBERNAGRA Lesson. 



Embernagra Less. Trait6, 1831, 465. Type, E. dumetorum Less. 



= Emberiza platensis Gmel. 



586. Embernagra rufivirgata Lawr. 



Texas Sparrow^. 

 Embernagra rufivirgata Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. V. May, 1851, 

 112, pi. s, fig. 2. 



[B 373. C 209, R 236, C 311.] 



Geog. Dist. — Valley of the Lower Rio Grande in Texas and 

 eastern Mexico ; casually north to the coast of Louisiana. 



Genus PIPILO Vieillot. 



Pipilo Vieill. Analyse, 18 16, 32. Type, Fringilla erythroph- 

 thalma Linn. 



