BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 891 



[^Passerella (ownsendii var. xrltiMaeta.^ a. tnnmscndn Coues, Birds X. W., 1874, 162 



(synonomy). 

 Passerella iliaca »(/«//(r.s7(/.r/(.s/.s- Ridgway, Proc. l'^. 8. Nat. ^Nfus., iii, Aug. 24, 1880, 



181. 

 Passerella Iliaca unalascerms Ridgway, Nom. X. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 235o. 

 P. [^asserella] i. [liacal unalascensis Coves, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 385. 



PASSERELLA ILIACA INSULARIS Ridgway. 

 KADIAK FOX SPARROW. 



Similar to P. I. unalai^c/ten.sfs but much browner and more uniform 

 in color above (back, etc. , warm sepia brown instead of gra3ash brown 

 or brownish gray); spots on chest, etc., larger and deeper brown; 

 under tail-coverts more strongl}' tinged with buff. 



Youmj. — More rust}^ Vjrown above, with indistinct light rusty or 

 cinnamon tips to middle and greater wing-coverts; under parts dull 

 rusty white or pale ))utfy. becoming more strongly buffy or fulvous 

 posteriorly, the spots on chest, etc., lighter and more rusty brown, less 

 sharply defined than in adults; under tail-coverts wholh' buffy for 

 expo.sed portion, some of the feathers with small and indistinct terminal 

 spots of rusty l)rownish. 



Adult ///r^/r.— Length (skins), 1H2.81-1S5.1T (172.47): wing, 81.28- 

 87. ys (80.82); tail, 71.88-77.72 (74.17); exposed culmon. 12.19-13.46 

 (12.7U); depth of bill at base, 8.89-9.91 (9.65); tarsus. 25.15-26.67 

 (25.91); middle toe, 15.75-17.53 (17.02); hind claw, 10.16-12.95 (11.94).^ 



Adult ft>iuile.~ljQngt\\ (skins), 165.10-177.80 (1611.93); wing. 78.74- 

 82.04 (80.01); tail. 66.04-74.17 (69.60); exposed culmen, 12.19-13.97 

 (12.95); depth of l)ill at base, 8.89-9.65 (9.40); tarsus, 23.62-26.16 

 (25.15): middle toe. 15.75-17.78(16.76); hind claw. 10.92-12.70(11.94)."^ 



Kadiak Island. Alaska, in summer; in winter, south along the coast 

 slope to southern California. 



Passerella fowmendii (not Fringilla lownsendi Audubon) Baird, Rep. Pacific 



R. R. Surv., ix, 1858, 489, part (Whitbys I., Washington, winter). — Cooper 



, and SucKLEY, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv. , xii, pt. ii, 1860, 204, part (Whitbys 1. ) . — 



Dall and Bannister, Trans. Chicago Ac. Sci., i, 1869, 285, part (Kadiak). 



Passerella townsendi Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. Am. Birds, ii, 1874, 

 53, part (Kadiak). 



Passerella twnlasrhensls (not Emherlza unalaschensis Gmelin) Fixscii, Abli. X'at. 

 Ver. Breni., iii, 1872, 53, part (Kadiak). 



P.[asserella'] iliaca nmdaschensis Ridgway, Proe. U. S. Nat. Mas., iii, March 27, 

 1880, 3, part; Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 434, part. 



Passerella iliaca unalascliensis Coues, Check List, 2(1 ed., 1882, no. 283, jjart. — 

 Be.an, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., v, 1882, 158, part (Kadiak).— Ridgway, Proc. 

 U. S. Nat. Mus., xvi, 1893, 664 (Kadiak; Middleton I.?).— American Orni- 

 thologists' Union, Check List, 1886, no. 585rt, part. — Nelson, Rep. Nat. 

 Hitft. Coll. Alaska, 1887, 196, part (Kadiak).— Bendire, Auk, vi, 1889, 109, 

 part ( Kadiak ) . 



^ Nine specimens. ^ Six specimens. 



