394 BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



P. [asscn7/((] Hi(ir<t lUKdascJiciidti (not E/iihcriza iiiKildKchcnsis Gmelin) Ridgway, 



Proc. U. S. Nat. Mas., iii, Mar. 27, 1880, S, part; Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 



434, part. 

 Passerella ilidcti iui<ihi>iche)isis Ridgway, Noni. N. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 235(/, 



part. — American Ornithologists' Union, Check List, 188H, no. 585((, part. — 



Nelson, Rep. Orn. Coll. Alaska, 1887, 196, part (Sitka). — Bendire, Ank, 



vi, 1889, 109, part.— Grinnell, Auk, xv, 1898, 129 (Sitka, breeding). 

 PcuHseTella lliaca undiashkensis Ridgw ay, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mns., iii, Aug. 24, 1880, 



181, part. — Anthony, Auk, iii, 1886, 169, ])art (Washington Co., Oregon, 



migr.) . 

 Passerella unalaschensis Finsch, Abh. Nat. Ver. Brem., iii, 1872, 53, part (Sitka) . — 



Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xii, 1888, 718, part. 

 P(tsserella lliara unalascensis Coves, Check List, 2d ed., 1882, no. 283, part. — Bean, 



Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., v, 1882, 158, part (Port Althorp, Georges I., Alaska, 



breeding). 

 P. [(isserell(('\ i. [lidca] nnalascensh Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 385, 



part. 



PASSERELLA ILIACA FULIGINOSA Ridgway. 

 SOOTY FOX SPARROW. 



Similar to P. I. toitmsend! but darker and less rufeseent, the upper 

 parts, sides of head and neck, and lateral under parts dark .sepia brown, 

 the upper tail-coverts and tail slightl}' more rufeseent (between sepia 

 and Vandyke brown); spots on under parts larger, blacker, and more 

 crowded than in P. !. toiiyiii<endL (Young not seen.) 



Adult ;/^tfZe.— Length (skin), 161.29-173.48 (166.37); wing, 77.47- 

 85.85 (81.53); tail, 69.09-78.23 (74.17); exposed culmen, 10.92-12.70 

 (12.19); depth of bill at base, 7.87-8.89 (8.38); tarsus, 25.40-26.67 

 (25.91); middle toe, 16.51-17.78(17.27); hind claw, 10.16-12.70(12.19).' 



Adult female. — Length, 160.02; wing, 77.47; tail, 72.39; exposed 

 culmen, 10.67; depth of bill at base, 8.13; tarsus, 25.15; middle toe, 

 16.51; hind claw, 12.19." 



Coast district of British Columliia (including Vancouver Island) and 

 northwestern Washington (Neah Bay, Labush, etc.); in winter, south 

 along the coast to San Francisco. California. 



(?) Passerella townsendii (not Pringilla townsendi Audubon) Baird, Rep. Pacific 

 R. R. Surv., ix, 1858, 489, part;^ Cat. N. Am. Birds, 1859, no. 375, part.— 

 (?) Cooper and Suckley, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., xii, jit. ii, 1860, 204, part.* — 

 (?) Sclater, Cat. Am. Birds, 1862, 119, part (Simiahmoo, Washington). 



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

 53, part. 



(?) Passerella unalaschensis (not Emheriza unalascliensis Gmehn ?) Sharpe, Cat. 

 Birds Brit. Mus., xii, 1888, 718, part ? (Simiahoo ?; Orcas I. ?; Fort 

 Vancouver ? ) . 



' Eight specimens. 

 ' One specimen. 



■ No specimen representing this form is among those mentioned in the works cited 

 now in the \L S. National Museum collection. (See footnote on p. 393. ) 



