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ao^^-ff^r!t~^r^'^ ^'^"''^- ll^-3^-13!^-^5 (130.30): ^ing., 54.H1- 

 (utJ f^:. ''^ Mi-^"''-'' ^''-^^^^ ^^I^««^^ ^-1°^^"' iaiH-10.19 



90 '' i 11 ^^^^ "' ^'"''' ^•^^■•^1 ^^•^^)' tarsus, 19.81-21.34 



(20.o0; middle toe, 14.22-15.24(14.73).! 



.4^M/,;;,«/e. -Length (skins), 111.76-136.14(126.24)- wino- 53 y, 



not/'?'^i*1^'''-^^---^l ^^^-l*')^ -posed culm 1,10.16-104: 

 (10. 2 : depth of bill at base. 5.59-6.86 (6.35); tarsus 20.07-20.13 

 (20.o0: middle toe, 13.97-15.49 (14.99).2 '-v.-.^ 



Salt marshes of San Francisco Bay, California (in Alameda, Santa 

 Uara, and San Mateo counties).^ , ^ uiui 



J/[*.^,-.„] /„„■<,,„ „,„«„, R,i^.„,„.^ y,„ ,, ^^__^ 3. ^ 



»osi,>i<,,fe««, ,n,„llula RiDcwAV, Auk. xvi, Jan., 18W, 35 (s^lt maiT' Ua 

 3/<^/o.y;*^o melodia pusiUula Oberholser, Auk, xvi, Apr., 1899, 183. 



MELOSPIZA CINEREA CLEONENSIS (McGregor). 

 MENDOCINO SONG SPARROW. 



Similar in size and proportions to JL c. samuelis. but averaging 

 ■slightly smaller with larger legs and feet, and coloration very dilei-- 

 ent being much more rufescent; general color of upper parts deep 

 rusty olive conspicuously and broadly .treaked on back. etc.. with 

 dark rusty ])rown or chestnut, and l^lack; streaks on chest, etc. dark 

 rusty l>rown or chestnut (black medially), and sides, flanks, and under 

 tail-coA-erts strongly fulvous. 



6'.1f^^'?o^7^'"^^^^'^"''^'^-^•^^-l^^•*^ (1^^-^1)= ^i»^- 5S.93- 

 63 5^) 61 72); tail. 58.42-60.96 (59.94); exposed culmen, lo!41-lo 70 



JJ-''^ ?i^ "' -^" "' '''^^' '•^^-'•11 ^-^^ tarsus. 21.34-23.11 

 (22.35); middle toe. 15.24-17.27 (16.51).'^ 



9^':ffiiiTjf"^^^^ 129.54-149.35(137.67); wing, 54.61- 



m q/h^^; tail, o2.83-62.99 (58.17); exposed culmen, 10.92-12.70 



Jl'?9 ^^ n . '^^ ''' ''''''' '-^'-'-'^ (^■^••)= tarsus. 19.81-22.61 

 (21.59); middle toe. 15.24-16.26 (15.75) ' 



Northern coast district of California (Mendocino, Humboldt, and 

 Del Norte counties); coast of southwestern Oregon (south of Roo-ue 

 Kiver Mountains) ? 



^ Twelve specimens. TpTZT '■ 



3 n wi , . J^leven specimens. 



Conroolct,,;:.^"" ™""^' " ■^"" ^""*»' ''-^■■. Sonoma. Solano, and 

 hn'tt^K T" "'■^.'"™™^ •» -"■■ <■• «'»"««« doubtless belong here, at least in part 

 i ^Liiiifii... ''A me specunens. 



