K VI \ V OF Hit' VI V\ P| VN 1S1 \Mv; V\P VI VNK V PI'MNSI 1 V 



mxa 



I i.. i i.i 1 1 V i.mii inn pii i ,.u 



more Isolated from other song sparrow range than is suggested 

 bj the ihori distance from the mainland The adjacent mainland 

 is not iong sparrow habitat Quoting from im rtcld report foi 

 1926 — 



In y,x'\w\ :il. III,' ■,.<iu- r > i i . > \\ 0C0U1 0J1 iht Paclftl lidf ''I th< IVnm ul.i 



and Untmak and <i<> not oeeui on the Barini • i Ida, which la dua to the 

 topography of tha eountrj Tha Barini S< i ' • ara lo^ and landy, while 

 tha Pacific lida, with deepei water, |* rocky, with bouldai itrewn beach< 

 the «-ii«".«-u habitat of thli bird ^n exception li \m;ik [aland, a i m-.-. ,i inland 



m Imi mi-. Son. 



^f €"/ov/>( ;,t mr/oi/f'o m\i.;/n\ 



Tins bird la lomewhat imallei and darkei than mnnkn "with 

 :i soot) wash that noticeably obscures the markings and tends to 

 make the color more uniform " But It is paler and grayei than 

 the next pace (<> the east Its range Is the Kodiak Afognak Island 

 group, Barren islands, and generally the adjacent base ol Uaska 

 Peninsula There Is a lonji gap to Stepovak Baj ii<>m which 

 specimens ha\ e not been taken 



Upon arrival in the Aleutian district, ona is Impressed with fix 1 

 large lite and tha habitat of these sparrows, Thej ara largely 



