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(?) ^feIospizo j^fctoralis von Muller, l\oi*o in ^Mexico, iii, 1865, 583 (table-land 



of Mexico) ; Syst. Yerz. Wirb. Mex., 49. 

 Mclospiza melodia, var. mrxicaua Ridgway, inBaird, Brewer, and Ridgway's Hist. 



N. Am. Birds, ii. 1874. 18, footnote (Pnebla. Mexico; U. S. Nat. Mus.). 

 IMclo.tpiza melodia] e. ine.ricana Coues, Birds N. W., 1874, 139. 

 [Mclospiza meloda] var. me.viccma Henshaw, Bnll. Nntt. Orn. Club., iv, 1879, 158, 



1()0 (crit.); Orn. Rep. Wheeler's Surv., 1879, 298, 299 (crit.). 

 Melospiza melodia mexicaua Oberholsek, Auk, xvi, Apr., 1899, 183. 

 Melospiza fasciata mc.ncaua Ferrari-Pekez and Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. ]Mus., 



ix, Sept. 15, 1886, 144 (Huexotilta, Pnebla; crit.). 

 M. Iclusjnza] fasciata me.ricana Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 432. 

 [3felos])iza'] heermanni (not of Baird) Sclater and Salvin, Noni. Av. Neotr., 



1873, 32 (Mexico). 

 Melospiza. lieermanni Salvix and Godmax, Biol. Centr.-Am.. Aves., i, 1886, 388, 



excl. syn., part (valley of Mexico; Pnebla). 

 [3Mospiza fasciafa.l Subsp. /i. Melospiza heermanni Siiarpe, Cat. Birds Brit. 



Mus., xii, 1888, 704, part (s. Mexico; Puebla). 



MELOSPIZA CINEREA ADUSTA (Nelson). 

 MICHOACAN SONG SPARROW. 



Similar to 2f. e. me.ricana^ but color niueh more rusty brown above, 

 the o-eiieral color of the upper parts being- bright russet- brown instead 

 of olive-brown. 



Adult nude. — Length (skin). 14:2. r^-i: wing. 07.31: tail. 01.21; exposed 

 culmen. 12.19; tarsus. 23.37; middle toe, 15.75. 



Adult /;/;;^(//r.— Length (skin), 128.27; wing. 00.04; tail. 58.07; 

 exposed culmen. 11.43; depth of bill at base. 0.0)0: tarsus. 22.80; 

 middle toe, 15.49. 



Southwestern edge of ^Mexican plateau, in State of Michoacan (Patz- 

 cuaro). 



Melospiza adusla Nelson, Auk, xvi, Jan., 1899, 28 (Patzcuaro, ]\Iichoacan, s. w. 



Mexico; U. S. Nat. Mus.). 

 Melospiza tnelndia adiixtn Oberholser, Auk. xvi. A])r.. 1899, 183. 



MELOSPIZA CINEREA GOLDMANI (Nelson). 

 DURANGO SONG SPARROW, 



Somewhat like AL c. montana but nuich larger, and darker and 

 more uniform in coloration of i;pper parts, which are nearly uniform 

 bister brown, the back narrowly streaked with l)lackish and tinged 

 with more rusty l)rown; the upper tail-coverts without distinct (if 

 any) dusky mesial streaks; triangular spots of chest, etc.. blackish 

 l)rown; streaks on sides and flanks rusty brown. J7>(/;^_(/ bister brown- 

 ish al)ove, the back and scapulars rather broadly, but not sharply, 

 streaked with lu'oAvnisli black; under parts grayish Avhite, the chest 

 narroAvly streaked with grayish dusk}' and dusky brown. 



