392 BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



P-lasser-clla] *.[//««/] vnalasmislx Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 



385, part. 

 Passerella iliaca unalascemifi Ridgway, Noin. N. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 235a, part. 

 Pmserella townsendii (not Fringilla iownsendii Audubon) Dall and Bannistkk, 



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

 Passerella toumsendi Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. Am. Bir<ls, ii, 1S74, 



53, part (Kadiak). 

 Passerella iliaca iimdaris RiixxWay, .Vuk, xvii, Jan., U»00, 30 (Kadiak, Alaska; 



IT.. S. Nat. Mils.).— Grinnell, C^ondor, iii, 1901. 22 (Kadiak). 



PASSERELLA ILIACA ANNECTENS Ridgway. 

 YAKUTAT FOX SPARROW. 



Similar to 7\ -1. iv s}/ltfr is ]mt .siiuillci' (the bill espeeiull}') and colora- 

 tion slightly browner. Young- much darker than eorre.spondino- stage 

 of J\ i. iiisularis. 



Adult maZtf.— Length (skins), 1.57.48-17^.97 (KU.r.J:): wing. 78.40- 

 84.58 (81.79); tail, 68.07-75.69 (73.15); exposed cuhnen, 10.92-12.70 

 (12.19); depth of bill at base, 7.87-8.89 (8.13); tarsus, 24.13-25.40 

 (25.15); middle toe, 16.00-17.27(16.76): hind claw. 7.62-12.45(11.43).' 



Adult female. — Length (skins), 152.40-162.05(156.97): wing. 73.91- 

 79.50 (77.47): tail, 66.80-71.12 (69.34); exposed culmen, 11.43-12. 70 

 (11.94); depth of bill at })ase, 7.87-8.38 (8.13); tarsus, 23.37-25.15 

 (24.64); middle toe, 15.75-16.51 (16.0(1); hind chnv. 10.16-12.19 

 (11.43).-^ 



Coast of Alaska, from Cross Sound to Prince William Sound (to 

 Cook Inlet?); in winter, south to California. 



Passerella iliaca annectms Rhjgway, Auk, xvii, Jan., 1900, 30 (Yakutat, Alaska; 

 ■ U. S. Nat. Mus.).— Grinnell, Condor, iii, 1901, 23 (Nutchuk, Prince Wil- 

 liam Sound). 



PASSERELLA ILIACA TOWNSENDI (Audubon). 

 TOWNSENDS SPARROW. 



Similar to P. i. minectens but coloration darker and more castane- 

 ous brown, and spots on chest, etc., larger; above deep vand^'ke 

 brown, duller (more sooty) on pileuuL more reddish (inclining to 

 burnt umljer or dark chestnut-])rown) on upper tail-coverts and tail; 

 sides of head deep sooty brown, the lores dotted, the auricular region 

 finely streaked, with dull whitish; general color of under parts white, 

 but everywhere spotted or streaked with deep ch(>stiuit-})rown or van- 

 dyke brown, the spots mostly of triangular (deltoid and cuneate) foruL 

 very heavy and more or less confluent on chest, smaller on throat and 

 breast; sides and flanks almost uniform deep l)rovvn, the latter tinginl 

 with V>ufl'y or pale tawny; under tail-coverts deep olive or olive-brown 



' Twelve specimens. - Five specimens. 



