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ZOOLOGY B1EDS. 



MELOSPIZA MELODIA var. HEEEMANNI, Ed. 

 Heennann's Song Sparrow. 



Melospiza heermanni, ED., Birds N. A., 1858, 478. Jf7., '&., I860, 478, pi. 70, f. 1 (Cali- 

 fornia). COOPER, Birds Cal., 1870, 212. YARROW, Eep. Orn. Specs., 1871, 

 Wheeler's Expert., 1874, 35. 



Melospiza melodia var. heermanni, COUES, Key N. A. Birds, 1872, 139. BD., BREW., 

 & EiDG., N. A. Birds, ii, 1874, 24, pi. 27, f. 9. 



This appears to be a local race, quite restricted, its range being gen- 

 erally confined to California, extending northward as far as San Francisco, 



