585a. SHUMAGIN FOX SPARROW. _Passerella iliaca unalaschensis._ Range.--Shumagin Islands and the Alaska coast to Cook Inlet. Similar to the last but paler, being one of the several recent unsatisfactory subdivisions of this genus. The nesting habits and eggs of all the varieties are like those of the common eastern form. 585b. THICK-BILLED SPARROW. _Passerella iliaca megarhyncha._ Range.--Mountains of eastern California and western Nevada; locally confined. Entire upper parts and breast spots gray; wings and tail brown. It nests in the heaviest underbrush of the mountain sides, building on or close to the ground. 585c. SLATE-COLORED SPARROW. _Passerella iliaca schistacea._ Range.--Rocky Mountain region, breeding from Colorado to British Columbia. This variety which is similar to, but smaller than the last, nests in thickets along the mountain streams. The eggs are like those of iliaca, but average smaller. 585d. STEPHEN'S SPARROW. _Passerella iliaca stephensi._ Range.--Breeds in the San Bernadino and San Jacinto Mts. in southern California. Like the Thick-billed Sparrow, but bill still larger and bird slightly so. 585e. SOOTY FOX SPARROW. _Passerella iliaca fuliginosa._ Range.--Coast of Washington and British Columbia; south to California in winter. 585f. KADIAK FOX SPARROW. _Passerella iliaca insularis._ Range.--Breeding on Kadiak Island; winters south to California. Like the last but browner above and below. 585g. TOWNSEND'S FOX SPARROW. _Passerella iliaca townsendi._ Range.--Southern coast of Alaska; winters south to California. Like the last but more rufous above. Upperparts and tail uniform brownish umber, below heavily spotted. 586. TEXAS SPARROW. _Arremonops rufivirgatus._ Range.--Eastern Mexico and southern Texas. This odd species has a brownish crown, olive greenish upperparts, wings and tail, and grayish white underparts. They are common resident birds along the Lower Rio Grande, being found in tangled thickets, where they nest at low elevations, making their quite bulky nests of coarse weeds and grass and sometimes twigs, lined with finer grass and hair; they are often partially domed with an entrance on the side. Their eggs are plain white, without markings; often several broods are raised in a season and eggs may be found from May until August. [Illustration 359: Fox Sparrow.] [Illustration: White.] [Illustration: right hand margin.] Page 358 587. TOWHEE. _Pipilo erythrophthalmus erythrophthalmus._ Range.--North America east of the Plains, breeding from the Gulf to Manitoba.