BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 365 



[Mdospiza ineluda] var. heermamii Hexshaw, Bull. Xutt. Orn. Chib, iv, July, 



1879, 157, 160 (Stockton, etc., California; crit.) ; Orn. Rep. Wheeler'? Surv., 



1879, 298, 299, part (crit.). 

 {^Melospizafasciata'] fi. heenncunu Ridgway, Orn. 40th Parallel, 1877, -tSl, part (in 



synonymy only). 

 Melosplza faaciata, ?. heenncmni RiDcnvAY and Beldixg, Proc. U. 8. Xat. Mus., i, 



Mar. 21, 1879, 417 (Stockton, California, resident). 

 M-lelospizal fasciata heennanni Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Muf^., iii, Mar. 27, 1880, 



3; Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 431, part. 

 Melospiza fasciata heermanni Ridgu'ay, Proc. U. S. Xat. Mus., iii, Aug. 24, 1880, 



180, part; Nom. N. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 2316, part. — Coues, Check List, 



2d ed., 1882, no. 248, part. — American Ornithologists' Union, Check List, 



1886, no. 581c, part. 

 3I.l_elospiza'] /.[asclata} lieermamn Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d e<l., 1884, 872, 



part. 

 [Melospiza fasciata. '\ Subsp. (i. Melospiza heermanni Shaepe, Cat. Birds Brit. ^NIus., 



xii, 1888, 704, part (Stockton, Hay wards, and Fort Tejon, California). 

 (?) Zonoirichia guttata (not Fringilla (juttata TiiuttaM) Heermann, Rep. Pacific R. R. 



Surv., X. pt. iv, 1859, 47, part. 



MELOSPIZA CINEREA MEXICANA Ridgway. 

 MEXICAN SONG SPARROW. 



Similar in coloration to J/, r. /icerman7ii\ but averaging- still darker 

 and Ijrowner above, the chest much more heavilv spotted with ])lack, 

 sides and Hanks more broadh' striped, bill mitch more slender, and 

 wings and tarsi much longer. Young deep riisset-brown above, the 

 back and scapulars broadlj^ streaked with black; under parts, except 

 throat, deep l)uff (abdomen nearly white), the chest, sides, flanks, and 

 sides of throat heavily streaked with black; chin and throat white or 

 bufl'y white. 



Adult /;^f//t.— Length (skins). 120.62-154.43 (145.03); wing, (>3.50- 

 70.87 (68.33); tail. 60.20-60.34 (65.28); exposed culmen, 12.19-13.21 

 (12.70): depth of bill at base, 6.86-7.37 (7.11); tarsus, 22.61-25.40 

 (23.88); middle toe, 15.49-18.03 (16.76).^ 



Adult fe malt.— L,engih (skins), 133.10-153.16 (143.26); wing, 61.47- 

 71.37 (65.53); tail, 56.64-70.61 (62,48); exposed culmen, 11.68-12.95 

 (12.45): depth of bill at base, 6.60-7.11 (6.86); tarsus, 22.35-25.15 

 (23.37); middle toe, 15.24-17.27 (16.26).- 



Southeastern portion of Mexican plateau in States of Puebla (Huexo- 

 titla). Hidalgo (Tulalcingo). Tlaxcala (Apixaco), and ^Mexico (Lerma, 

 TlalpauL Yolcan de Toluco, etc.). 



Melospiza fallax (not of Baird) Sclatek, Proi-. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1864, 174 (valley 



of Mexico). 

 Melospiza gouldi (not of Baird) Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1862, 369 



(Mexico). 



^ Eight specimens. ''■ Nine specimens. 



