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[ZonotricJda] fallax Gray, Hand-list, ii, 1870, 94, no. 7391. 



Melosplza fallax Baird, Eep. Pacific R. R. Snrv., ix, 1858, 481, })art (Pueblo 



Creek); ed. 1860 ("Birds N.Am."), atlas, pi. 27, fig. 2; Cat. X. Am. Birds, 



1859, no. 367, part. — Kexnerly, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., x, pt. iv, 1859, 29, 



pi. 27, fig. 2 (Pueblo Creek) .—Cooper, Orn. Cal., 1870, 215, part. 

 J/. [e/osjji2«]/aZ?«.f Henshaw, Auk, i, 1884, 224, in text (crit. ). 

 \_Melospiza melodia.'\ Var. /W/Zrt.c Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 1872, 139, i>art. 

 Melospiza melodia . . . var. fiUax Coues, Check List, 1873, no. 169«, j)art. — 



Henshaav, Zool. Exp. W. 100th Merid., 1875, 281, part. 

 [Melospiza melodia'] h. fallax Coues, Birds X. "W., 1874, 139, part. 

 Melospiza melodia, var. fallax Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. Am. Birds, 



ii, 1874, 22,' part. 

 Melospiza melodia fallax Goode, Bull. U. .•<. Xat. Mus., no. 25, 1883, 328. — Ober- 



HOLSER, Auk, xvi, 1899, 183. 

 [Melospiza meloda] var. fallax Hexsiiaw, Bull. Xutt. Orn. Clul), iv, July, 1879, 



156, 160, part (crit.j. 

 [Melospiza fasciata'] y. fallax Ridgway, Orn. 40th Parallel, 1877, 482, part (in 



synonymy only). 

 M^elospiza] fasciata fallax B.ivgwax, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., iii, Mar. 27, 1880, 3, 



part; Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 432. 

 Melospiza fasciata fallax RiBG^v AY, Proc. V. S. Nat. ^lus., iii, Aug. 24, 1880, 180, 



part; Nom. N. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 231<r, part! — Brewster, Bull. Nutt. Orn. 



Club, vii, 1882, 196 (Tucson, Arizona).— Coues, Check List, 2d ed., 1882, 



no. 245, part. — American ORXiTiioLociisTs' Union, Check List, 1886, no. 



o81o.— MoRcoM, Bull. Ridgw. Orn. Club, no. 2, 1887, 49 (Yuma, Arizona). — 



Scott, Auk, iv, 1887, 203 (Tucson, x\rizona). — Merriaji, North Am. Fauna, 



no. 3, 1890, 97 (Grand Cailonand Echo Cliffs, Arizona). — Rhoads, Proc. Ac. 



Nat. Sci.Phila., 1892, 121 (Santa Clara Valley, s. Arizona).— Fisher, N.Am. 



Fauna, no. 7, 1893, 98 (s. e. Nevada, s. w. L'tah, and n. w. Arizona). 

 M.[eIos2jiza'] flasciata} fallax Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 372, part. 

 [Melospiza fasciata.] Subsp. <i:. Melospiza fallax Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 



xii, 1888, 703, excl. syn. part (Fort Yuma, California; Tucson, Arizona). 



MELOSPIZA CINEREA RIVULARIS (Bryant). 

 BROWNS SONG SPARROW. 



Similar to JL c. fallax but larger, with longer, more slender, and 

 more compressed bill, still less strongh' contrasted markings, and 

 duller, less rufescent. colors. 



Adult male. — Length (skin, one specimen), 146.05; wing, 71.12- 

 72.00 (71.88); tail, 71.12-73.66 (72.39); exposed culmen, 13.21-13.46 

 (13.33); depth of bill at base, 7.11-7.37 (7.21); tarsus, 22.86-23.11 

 (22.98); middle toe, 15.75-16.76 (16.26).' 



Adult fc malt. — Length (skin, one specimen), 144.78; wing, 67.31- 

 68.58 (67.82); tail, 67.31-69.09 (68.07); exposed culmen, 12.19-12.95 

 (12.45); depth of bill at base, 6.86-7.11 (6.96); tar.sus, 22.35-22.86 

 (22.61); middle toe, 15.75.' 



^ Two specimens. 



