The Fox Sparrows 





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STEPHENS FOX SPARROW 





No. 65o Stephens's Fox Sparrow 



A. O. U. No. 585c!. Passerella iliaca stephensi Anthony. 

 ^f Description. — Similar to P. i. mariposee in coloration, but size averaging 

 slightly larger and bill at maximum of development, relatively enormous. Measures: 

 wing 83.4 (3.28); tail 86 (3.386); culmen 14.8 (.58); depth at base 14.3 (.56); width 

 12.2 (.48). 



Range of P. i. stephensi. — Breeds in the higher mountains of southern Cali- 

 fornia from about Latitude 36 in the Sierras. Winter range unknown, presumably 

 the mountains of Lower California. 



Authorities. — Morcom {Passerella iliaca megarhyncha), Bull. Ridgway Orn. 

 Club, no. 2, 1887, p. 50 (San Bernardino Mts., breeding); Anthony, Auk, vol. xii., 

 !895, p. 348 (San Jacinto Mts.; orig. desc); Grinnell, Auk, vol. xxii., 1905, p. 388 

 (Mt. Pinos; habits, meas., crit. ); Swarth, Univ. Calif. Pub. Zool., vol. xxi., 1920, p. 176, 

 figs, (occurrence in Calif., distr., desc, crit.); Pierce, Condor, vol. xxiii., 1921, p. 80, 

 figs. (desc. and photos of nests and eggs). 



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