1903.] 



NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA. 



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juncos are winter visitants, while the thurberi type is the resident form, 



bnt this is pure conjecture. 



Melospiza cinerea merrilli. Merrill Song Sparrow. 



Two specimens of this song sparrow were taken on October 30 and 

 December 14 respectively, from a tangle of blackberry briers near camp. 

 These are much paler than morphna and phcea, with decidedly blackish 

 streaks both on back and breast, thus approaching montana closely. 

 It seems probable that it is this form that breeds in the region. 



Melospiza cinerea morphna. Rusty Song Sparrow. 



A bird of this race was taken on November 6 from the tangle of briers 

 in which the Merrill song sparrows were found. Another was taken 

 later from a band of sparrows in Seiad Valley. The first of these (No. 

 78) inclines in paleness of hind neck and back toward merrilli. The 

 other is nearer phcea in having a sooty streaking. But the large size in 

 both cases places them rather in the morphna category. 



Passerella iliaoa unalaschcensis. Shumagin Fox Sparrow. 



On October 9 two fox sparrows were taken from the same thicket 

 mentioned in connection with the foregoing. These seem to be nearest 

 unalaschcensis, though inclining toward meruloides in brownness of 

 coloration. They are too small for irisularis. Making due allowance 

 for wear, they are counterparts of summer specimens at hand from 

 Prince William Sound, Alaska, which is about half-way between the 

 metropolis of meruloides (Yakutat Bay) and that of unalaschcensis 

 ( Aliaska Peninsula). 

 Piranga ludoviciana. Western Tanager. 



A single specimen was shot from a sugar pine on White-Cloud ridge 

 on September 12, evidently in migration. 

 Vireo solitarius cassini. Cassin Vireo. 



The only specimen observed was secured September 12 from some 

 alders bordering a small stream on White-Cloud ridge, doubtless in 

 migration. 



