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laris). Size of M.m. heermanni; but black streakings everywhere broader, and 

 the general tone of coloration darker; larger than M. m. samuelis and with 

 brown more extended and deeper in tone (bay rather than hazel; unique in 

 having the base of the maxilla inflated or swollen with "lateral bulbosities" 

 (Grinnell). 



Range. — Marshes bordering Suisun Bay, Solano Co., California. 



Page 230. After No. 581d. add: 581p. Mendocino Song Sparrow (M. m. 



cleonensis). Size of .1/. m. samuelis but lighter and more rusty; black markings 



of back more restricted; spots of breast broadly edged with rusty; black on 



side of head and neck almost entirely replaced by rusty or reddish brown" 



(McGregor). 



Range.- -"Coast strip of southern Oregon and northern California from 

 Taquina Bay, Oregon, to Tomales Bay, California" (A. O. U.). 



Page 231. After No. 585d. add: 585e. Sooty Fox Sparrow (P. i. fuUginosa). 



"Similar to P. i. toicnsendi but darker and less rufescent, the upperparts, sides of 

 head and neck and lateral underparts sepia or sooty brown, the upper tail- 

 coverts and tail slightly more castaneous; spots on underparts dark sooty 

 brown, larger and more confluent than in other forms'' (Ridgway). 



Range. — "Northwest coast strip. Breeds on the coast of British Columbia, 

 Vancouver Island and northwestern Washington; winters south along the coast 

 to San Francisco, California" (A. O. U.). 



No. 585f. Kadiak Fox Sparrow (P. i. insularis). "Similar to P. i. unalaschen- 



sis but much browner and more uniform above (back warm sepia), spots on 



chest, etc., larger and much deeper brown and under tail-coverts more strongly 



tinged with buff" (Ridgway). 



Range. — "Alaska coast strip. Breeds on Kadiak Island and on the coast from 

 Prince William Sound south to Cross Sound; winters along the coast to southern 

 California" (A. O. U.). 



Page 234. After No. 715 add: 715a. San Nicolas Rock Wren {8. o. 

 pulverius). Similar to S. o. obsoletus "but entire plumage, especially the upper- 

 parts, suffused with ochraceous or dust color, almost identical with the tint 

 of the soil on San Nicholas Island" (Grinnell). 



Range. — San Nicholas Island, California. 



Page 236. Cancel No. 821b, Troglodytes aedon aztecus, which proves to be the 

 same as No. 721a, T. a. parkmani. The common name, Western House Wren, 

 however, is retained in place of the common name Parkman's Wren. 



Page 237. After No. 725c add: 725d. Prairie Marsh Wren (T. p. iliacus). 

 "Similar to T. p. palustris, but slightly larger and with the coloration more 

 rufescent, the brown of the upperparts russet-brown to cinnamon-brown or 

 russet, the flanks conspicuously deep cinnamon-buff or cinnamon" (Ridgway). 



Range. — Plains and prairies of central North America. Breeds from central 

 Alberta and southwestern Keewatin south to central Mississippi Valley and east to 



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