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BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



(12.19); depth of bill at base, 7.<32-8.()4 (T.87): tarsus. 2<i.()7-22.35 

 (21.31); middle toe, 11.22-17.27 (15.1l>)-' 



[FringiUa'] fasciala (not of Miiller, l??*)^) Gmelin, Syst. Nat., i, pt. ii, 1788,922 

 (New York; based on Fasciated Finch Latham, Gen. Sj-nop. Birds, ii, pt. i, 

 273; Pennant, Arct. Zool., ii, 375). — Latham, Index Orn., i, 1790, 445. 



FringUUi fmciata Nuttall, Man. Orn. U. S. and Canada, 2d ed., i, 1840, 562. 



Melospiza fasciata Scott (D. W.), Am. Nat, x, Jan., 1876, 18.— Ridgway, Proc. 

 U.S. Nat. Mns.,iii, 1880, 2, 180; Nom. N. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 231.— Coues, 

 Check List, 2d ed., 1882, no. 244.— Nehrlixcx, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, vii, 

 1882, 13 (Harris Co., s. e. Texas, winter); Our Native Birds, etc., ii, 1896, 

 153, pi. 5, fig. 7.— Chamberlain, Bull. Nat. Hist. Soc. N. B., i, 1882, 40 

 (New Brunswick, summer resid. ). — Merriam, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, vii, 

 1882, 235 (Point de Monts and Godbout, prov. Quebec-, Canada, summer) ; 

 Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., no. 25, 1884, 283 (Hungary Bay, Bermudas, 1 dead 

 spec. Apr. IS, 1881).— Beckpiam, Journ. Cine. Soc. N. H., vi, 1883, 142 

 (Nelson Co., Kentucky, resident); Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., x, 1888, 678 (San 

 Antonio, Texas, winter).- Bickxell, Auk, ii, 1885, 147 (song). — Agersborg, 

 Auk*, ii, 1885, 280 (s. e. Dakota, breeding). — American Ornithologists' 

 Union, Check List, 1886, no. 581.— Fox, Auk, iii, 1886, 318 (Roan Co., Ten- 

 nessee, Mar. to Apr. 17). — Seton, Auk, iii, 1886, 324 {w. Manitoba, sum- 

 mer).— Todd (L. :\I.), Auk, iv, 1887, 260 (Calais, Maine, 1 spec. Jan. 23, 

 1886).— Chamberlain, Auk, iv, 1887, 260 (Prince Edward I. and New 

 Brunswick, winter). — Cooke, Bird Migr. Miss. Yal., 1888, 207 (breeding at 

 Ellis, w. Kansas, Newton, Iowa, and northwardly) ; Birds Colorado, 1897, 

 106 (Fort Lyon, e. Colorado, 1 spec). — Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xii, 

 1888, 701, part (includes M. m. montana). — Thompson, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 xiii, 1891, 604 (Manitoba, summer; descr. eggs). — Goss, Birds Kansas, 1891, 

 471 (winter resid., rare in w. portion). — Rhoads, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 

 1892, 109 (Corpus Christi, Texas, May) .— Attwater, Auk, ix, 1892, 338 (San 



^ Thirty-six specimens. 



Specimens from the immediate coast of the Atlantic coast district (Long Island to 

 southern Virginia) and those from the region of the Great Plains (jNIanitoba, Alberta, 

 etc., to Texas) average slightly grayer than those from the intermediate region, but 

 the difference is so slight and inconstant that subspecific separation seems to me 

 unjustifiable. The average measurements of equal series of specimens from the three 

 districts are as follows: 



Locality. 



Wing. 



Thirteen adult males from Atlantic coast 66. 55 



Fourteen adult males from Pennsylvania to Vir- 

 ginia (inland localities) 66. 55 



Fourteen adult males from Great Plains district ... 68. 58 



Twelve adult males from Atlantic coast 64. 5'2 



Twelve adult females from inland localities (east of 



Alleghenies) 



Twelve adult females from Great Plains district .. 



6L26 

 66.80 



Tail. 



65. 28 



66.80 

 08. 33 



81.72 

 66. 04 



Ex- Depth ,jjj^j 



posed of bill Tarsus. -^"^^ 

 culmen. at base. 



12. 19 8. 13 

 12. 45 7. 87 



8.13 



12.19 

 11.94 



7.87 

 7.87 



22.10 I 15.49 



21.59 15.49 

 21.34 I 15.49 



21. 34 15. 75 



21.34 15.24 

 21.08 ! 15.24 



'^FringiUa fasciata Miiller, Syst. Nat. Suppl.,1776, 165 = FringiUa .s;;/»hs Linnaeus. 



