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BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Coast of Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, from east side of Cook Inlet 

 (Port Graham. Fort Alexander, etc.) to Prince William Sound (Vir- 

 gin Bay). 



(?) Melospiza insignis (not of Baird) Fixsch, Abh. Nat. Ver. Brem., iii, 1872, 44 



( Alexandrovsk, Alaska ' ) . 

 Melospiza fasciata rufina (not Passerella rvfina Bonaparte) Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. 



Mus., V, 1882, 152, part (Graham Harbor, Cook Inlet, Alaska, breeding; 



crit.)- 

 Melospiza f. "rufina" from Cook Inlet, Alaska, Richmond, Auk, xii, 1895, 148 



(crit.). 

 Melospiza cinerea (not FringiUa ci/jermGmelin) Turner, Contr. Nat. Hist. Alaska, 



1886, 174, part (Cook Inlet). 

 Melospiza melodia kenaiensis Ridgway, Auk, xvii, Jan., 1900, 29 (Port Graham, 



Cook Inlet, Alaska; U. S. Nat. Mus.). 



MELOSPIZA CINEREA INSIGNIS (Baird). 

 KA.DIAK SONG SPARROW. 



Similar to 31. c. kenaiensis but larger, with longer bill and graj^er 

 coloration ; the pileum much grayer and more uniform in color. Young 

 similar to that of M. c. hmaiensiH, but rather paler and grayer above, 

 with pileum decidedh^ so. 



Adult male.— l^Qw^ih (skins), 170.18-187.45(181.10); wing, 78.74- 

 86.11 (81.79); tail, 73.91-82.80 (80.26); exposed culmen, 14. 48-16. ()() 

 (15.49); depth of bill at base, 6.86-7.37 (7.11); tarsus, 25.40-26.67 

 (25.91); middle toe, 18.29-20.07 (19.30).' 



Adult fetnale.—L^n^th (skins), 175.51-184.15 (179.83); wing, 76.20- 

 79.76 (78.49); tail, 72.90-78.74 (75.18); exposed culmen, 14.48-14.73 

 (14.60); depth of bill at base, 7.37; tarsus, 25.40-26.42 (25.91); middle 

 toe, 19.05-19.30 (19.13).' 



^ There are two Alexandrovsks or Fort Alexanders in Alaska; one on Graham Har- 

 bor, Cook Inlet, the other on Bristol Bay, north of the Alaskan Peninsula. No 

 Melospiza is known to occur in the latter region, hence Finsch's bird most likely came 

 from the Cook Inlet Alexandrovsk, whence the U. S. National Museum possesses :;',i 

 adult female of this form. 



^ Eight specimens. 



■''Three specimens. 



Eight adult males from Kukak Bay, Alaska Peninsula (opposite Kadiak) , compare 

 in measurements with the Kadiak series as follows: 



In coloration I can discover no difference whatever. 



