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 44 THE CONDOR [ Vol. IV fornia, Monterey County north to Oregon;' Oregon west of Cascade Range, including east slope of Cascades Uyanocitta stelleri carbonacea Grinnell. rid. Whole bird paler; back mouse gray; frontal spots conspicuous and extended often tinging whole of relatively long crest; wings and tail lighter; grays with decided brown- ish cast. Sierra Nevada, from mountains at head of Sacramento Valley, Lassen Peak and northern Lassen Co.; interior-most coast ranges, and mountains of southern California and northern Lower California. Uyanocitta stellerifronla/is Ridgway. aa. White spot over eye; frontal streaks whitish. b. White spot often smalland inconspicuous; back slate, often with bluish tinge; breast and abdomen dark China blue; darkest on chest. Interior, British Columbia and northern Rocky Mr. region; Montana, Idaho, eastern Washington, eastern Oregon, south to Wasatch -Mrs. Uyanocitta slelleri annectens (Baird.) bb. White spot very conspicuous; white frontal streaks conspicuous, shading off to bluish; back drab gray or mouse gray; head abruptly black; abdomen pale ecrulean blue. Southern Rocky Mr. region from southern Wyoming to northern Mexico, west to Uiatah Mrs., Utah and high mountaind of Arizona. Uyanocitta ste/leri diademata (Bonaparte). The following localities have yielded typical slelleri. ALASCA: akutat 4, Seldovia 4, Port Graham, 4. Security Bay i, Prince William Sound r, Virgin Bay r, Howkan 2, "Russian America" 2, Sitka rS; BRrTist COLUMBIA: New West- minister r, Fort Simpson 2, Promise Island r, Hastings i, Lund i, Clinton migrant?) r, Vancouver Id. ri; total 55. C. yanocilta slelleri carbonacea has been found at the follow- LIST OV LOCAt, I'mS. ing localities: OItEGON: Wilson R., Tillamook Co. i, Tilla- mook t, Columbia R. 2, Beaverton 2, Salem 2, Oak Grove i (and r intermediate with anneclens), Fort Klamath 8 (and r specimen close to neelens, migrant?). CAt, IrorIA: Pacific Grove, Monterey Co. 2, Monterey 2, Santa Cruz 3, Palo Alto 4, Santa Cruz Mts. 2, San Francisco r, Marin County i, Nicasio i, Humboldt Bay 3, Weaverville r, Bully Choop Mrs., Trinity Co. i (intermediate withfrontalis), Carberry, Shasta Co.  (intermediate), Mr. Shasta r' (not typical), Camp Bidwell i (? young); total 4 r. The following localities have yielded inter- mediates between stelleri and carbonacea, close to slelleri. B}tTISH COLUMBIA: Ag- assiz r (individual), Victoria r (individual); WAsarcn'o: Marcus i, Ft. Steilacoom r, Seattle r, Puyallup r, Neah Bay 6; total r2. I have examined specimens of Cyanocilla slellerirontalis from the following localities. NEVADA: Carson (type loc.). CALtVOtA: Baird, Shasta Co., Ft. Crook (not typical), Honey Lake, Big Trees, Mt. Whitney, Sequoia National Park, South Fork of Merced, Kernville, Walker Basin, Kern Lakes, Tejon Mts., Laguna San Diego Co., Pine Valley San Diego Co., Ventura Co. (intermediate with carbanacea but closer tofrontalis), Los Alamos Santa Barbara Co. (intermed- iate, rather nearer frontalis), Mt. St. Helena. LowEa CAttVOmtA: Vallecitas, Valle Palmas, Guadalupe Canyon. The Monterey Fox Sparrow. BY JOSEPH GRINNELL. URING two summers I have spent in the vicinity of Monterey special search has failed to reveal the presence of any form of Passerella. Transition and Boreal species a plenty throughout the breeding season render this region abruptly distinct from the surrounding Sonoran fauna. But the fox sparrow is conspicuous by its absence from the ranks of those northern coast species here present and with which it is wont to be found elsewhere. In this "Santa Cruz Faunal Area" we find siskins, Cyanocittas, hermit thrushes, winter wrens, juncos and others of the same category, all of which nest in this limited region. So I had expected to find Passerella, but for some reason Passerella has not found here a congenial breeding home. But in winter, when birds drop from zone to zone, fox sparrows are spread