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Subgenus MELOSPIZA Baird. 



Melospiza melodia melodia (Wilson). Eastern Song Sparrow. [581.] 



Fringilla melodia Wilson, Amer. Orn., II, 1810, 125 (pi. xvi, fig. 4). 

 (Canada to Georgia.) 



Range. — Breeds in the Canadian, Transition, and Upper Austral zones 

 from southern Mackenzie (Great Slave Lake), northern Manitoba, northern 

 Ontario, southern Quebec, and Cape Breton Island south to southern Virginia, 

 southern North Carolina (mountains), and northern Georgia. Winters from 

 Massachusetts (locally) and New Jersey south to southern Florida and the 

 Gulf coast, and sporadically north to Nova Scotia and Labrador. 



Melospiza melodia atlantica Todd. Atlantic Song Sparrow. [58K.] 



Melospiza melodia atlantica Todd, Auk, XLI, No. 1, Jan. 10, 1924, 147. 

 (Smith's, Island [Northampton County], Virginia.) 



Range. — Atlantic coastal islands and edge of the mainland from New York 

 (Long Island) to North Carolina, apparently resident. 



Melospiza melodia beata Bangs. Mississippi Song Sparrow. (581 «.] 



Melospiza melodia beata Bangs, Proc. New Engl. Zool. Club, IV, 87, 

 June 5, 1912. (Enterprise, Plorida.) 



Range. — Mississippi Valley region. Casual east to Florida in winter and 

 during migration. 



Melospiza melodia juddi Bishop. Dakota Song Sparrow. [581J.I 



Melospiza Jasciaia juddi Bishop, Auk, XIII, No. 2, April, 1896, 182. 

 (Rock Lake, Towner Co., North Dakota.) 



Range. — Breeds from southwestern Saskatchewan and eastern Montana to 

 the Turtle Mountains, North Dakota. In winter south to Texas and New 

 Mexico. 



Melospiza melodia fallax (Baird). Motmtain Song Sparrow. [5816.] 



Zonotrichia fallax Baird, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., VII, No. 3, May- 

 June, 1854 [July 3], 119. (Pueblo Creek [New Mexico] = lat. 35° N., 

 long. 113° W., Arizona.) 



Range. — Breeds from western Montana to northeastern Oregon south to 

 Utah, northern New Mexico, and southern Nevada. Winters from Montana to 

 western Texas, Chihuahua, Sonora, Arizona, and southeastern California. 



Melospiza melodia fisherella Oberholser. Modoc Song Sparrow. [581i'.] 



Melospiza melodia fisherella Oberholser, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., XXIV, 

 No. 49, Dec. 23, 1911, 251. (Honey Lake, near Millford, California.) 



