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21. ZoNOTEiCHiA CORONATA (Pall.) Baird. 



ei373 (3490) 9 ad. Popoff Id., Sliumagins, July 18, 1880. 

 81690 (3428) (alcoholic). St. Paul, Kodiak Id., July 13, 1880. 

 81693 (3429) " " " " 9, " 



81714 (3429 bis.) " " '' " 9, " 



81686 (3430) " " " '' 12, " 



Common ou the island of Kodiak. 



22. JuNCO OREGONUS (Towns.) Scl. 



81350 (3238) ^ . Sitka, June 15, 1880. 



81681 (1404) alcoholic. Sitka, June 15, 1880. 



23. Melospiza fasciata rufina (Brandt) Baird. 



(3299) (1451, ale.) i. Port Althorp, Juue 19, 1880. 

 81386 (3300) ad. 9 . Port Althorp, George island, Juue 19, 1880. 



(3251) nest containing 4 young, the young preserved in alcohol. Port Althorp, 

 June 19, 1880. 

 81380 (3358) 9 ad. Graham Harbor, Cook's Inlet, July 4, 1680. 

 81385(3357) <? juv. " •' " " "' " " 



Common at Graham Harbor ; frequently seen feeding on the beach. 



The nest found on George Island (Port Althorp) is made of coarse 

 grasses, loosely laid together below, and interlaced with strips of what ap- 

 pears to be the leaf of Panax Jiorridum, and with the light inner bark of 

 the same. The superstructure is of flue grasses more intimately woven. 

 The greatest depth of the nest is 4 inclies, and its diameter is from 5 to 7 

 inches. The inside lining is 2i inches across the top and 2 inches deep. 

 The nest was supported by a dead stalk of Panax and concealed in 

 the tall, coarse grass which is abundant in that locality. 



Number 81385 bears a wonderfully close resemblance in coloration 

 and general appearance to number 81384 from Kodiak, which is sup- 

 posed to be cinerea; it will be observed, however, that there is consider- 

 able difference in the measurements. 



As nearly as I can determine from the material in the collection, the 

 conclusions expressed in the History of North American birds by 

 Baird, Brewer, and Kidgway are fully justified. There is a large 

 series of skins of cinerea from Kodiak and Unalashka, but the repre- 

 sentation of fasciata rufina is still unsatisfactory, and the song sparrow 

 of the western islands of the Aleutian chain has a meager showing. A 

 study of the collection in its present state, as already remarked, will 

 lead us to the adoption of the views advanced iii the History of North 

 American Birds: Melosirlza fasciata r?r/iwa is notably smaller than Jl/. 

 cinerea in its wing, tail, tarsus, middle toe, and all measurements of the 

 bill; in coloration, also, adult birds of the two species differ greatly. 



The following table of measurements deals with all the skins now ac- 

 cessible in the collection which have been referred to fasciata rufina. 

 For convenience of reference, the average measurements of the large 

 series of skins of M. cinerea are brought on the same sheet : 



