358 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



Range. — Breeds from southeastern Oregon, northwestern Nevada, and 

 southwestern Idaho, south through eastern Cahfornia to Owens Valley, and 

 west to Shasta Valley. Winters widely through western and southern Cali- 

 fornia. 



Melospiza melodia merrilli Brewster. Merrill's Song Sparrow. [581A;.] 



Melospiza fnscinia merrilli Brewster, Auk, XIII, No. 1, Jan., 1896, 46. 

 (Fort Sherman, Idaho.) 



Range. — Breeds in Idaho and eastern Washington. Winters irregularly 

 through California, chiefly in the eastern portions, and in eastern Oregon, 

 Arizona, and New Mexico. 



Melospiza melodia sanaka McGregor. Aleutian Song Sparrow. [58b-.] 



Melospiza sanaka McGregor, Condor, III, No. 1, Jan. 15, 1901, 8 

 (separates publ. Nov. 25, 1900). (Sanak Island, Alaska.) 



Range. — Shumagin Islands and adjacent parts of the Alaska Peninsula, and 

 Aleutian Islands (Unalaska, Atka, Adak, and Attu). 



Melospiza melodia insignis Baird. Bischoff's Song Sparrow. [581^.] 



Melospiza insignis Baird, Trans. Chicago Acad. Sci.. I, Pt. ii, 1869, 319 

 (pi. xxix, fig. 2). (Kodiak [Island, Alaska].) 



Range. — Kodiak Island, Alaska, and adjacent coast of the Alaska Peninsula. 



Melospiza melodia kenaiensis Riduway. Kenai Song Sparrow. [581o.] 



Melospiza melodia kenaiensis Ridgway, Auk, XVII, No. 1, Jan., 1900, 29. 

 (Port Graham, Cook's Inlet, Alaska.) 



Range. — Coast of the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, from the east side of Cook 

 Inlet to Prince William Sound. 



Melospiza melodia caurina Ridgway. Yakutat Song Sparrow. [58bi.] 



Melospiza fasciaia caurina Ridgway, Auk, XVI, No. 1, Jan., 1899, 36. 

 (Yakutat, Alaska.) 



Range. — Coast of southeastern Alaska from Yakutat Bay to Lituya Bay. 

 In winter occurs on the coast of British Columbia and south to San P'ran- 

 cisco Bay, California. 



Melospiza melodia rufina (Bonaparte). Sooty Song Sparrow. [581/.] 



Passerella rufina Bonaparte, Consp. Avium, I, sig. 60, July 15, 1850 [Feb. 

 3, 1851], 477. (Sitka, Alaska.) 



Range. — ^Southeastern Alaska on the outer islands from Chichagof to 

 Forrester and Duke islands, and on the Queen Charlotte Islands, British 

 Columbia. 



