368 BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Me/oi^pizd hecrmuiiiii (not of Baird) Cooper, Oru. Cal., 1870, 212, Dart (Mojave 

 R.?, Santa Barbara, San Diego, and Santa Cruz, California). 



Melospiza melodia . . . var. heermanni Hexsiiaw, Orn. Rep. Wheeler's Surv., 

 1876, 244, part (Santa Barbara and Walker's Basin, s. California). 



Melospiza fasclata lieermanni A.^THO'SY , Auk, xii, 1895, 141 (San Fernando, Lower 

 California; crit.); Zoe, iv, 1893, 242 (San Pedro Martir Mts., Lower Cali- 

 fornia).— Morcom, Bull. Ridgw. Orn. Club, no. 2, 1887, 49 (Coahuila Val- 

 ley, etc., San Bernardino Co., s. California). — Emersox, Bull. Cal. Acad. Sci., 

 no. 7, 1887, 423 (Volcano Mts., San Diego Co., s. California). — Grixxell, 

 Pub. ii, Pasadena Acad. Sci., 1898, 39 (Los Angeles Co., s. California, low- 

 lands and mesa, resident). 



\_Mel(i!<pkn J\uciata.'\ Supsb. fi. Mdo.^piza heermanni Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 

 xii, 1888, 704, part (Santa Barbara, California, June). 



M.\_el())ipiza'] f.\_asciata'] heevinanni Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 372, 

 part. 



Melo>tptza fnsclata samnelis (not Animodromus samuelis Baird) Beldixg, Proc. U. S. 

 Nat. Mus., V, 1883, 528 (San Quentin Bay, Lower California).— Bryaxt, 

 Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci., 2d ser., ii, 1889,- — (El Rosarioand San Fernando, Lower 

 California) . 



[Melospiza fasdata] Subsp. y. Melospka samuelis Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 

 xii, 1888, 705, part (San Bernardino; FortTejon?). 



(?) Melospiza fasciata guttata {not FringiUa guttata Nuttall) Evekmaxx, Auk, iii, 

 1886, 182 (Ventura Co., California, resident). 



Melospiza fasciata graminea (not of Townsend) Fisher, N. Am. Fauna, no. 7, 1893, 

 100 (Carpentaria, Santa Barbara Co., and Morro, San Luis Oluspo Co., 

 California). 



Melospiza fasciata cooperi Ridc4way, Auk, xvi, Jan., 1899, 35 (San Diego, s. w. 

 California; U. S. Nat. ]Mus.) 



Melospiza melodia cooperi Oberholser, Auk, xvi, Apr., 1899,183. 



r.IELOSPIZA CINEREA CLEMENTiE (Townsend). 

 SAN CIEMENTE SONG SPARROW. 



Similar to J/, c. cooptri but slightl}' laro-er and coloration still 

 grayer, the back light olive-grayish, with ])lack streaks narrower, the 

 black streaks of chest, etc., also narrower; young similar to that of 

 M. G. tooperi^ but paler above. 



Adult w^«/e.— Length (skins), 144.78-156.97 (149.61); wing, 62.23- 

 66.04 (64.77); tail, 59.69-67.06 (64.01); exposed culmen, 11.94-12.45 

 (12.19); depth of bill at base, 7.11-7.62 (7.37); tarsus, 21.59-22.61 

 (21.84); middle toe, 15.24-16.26 (15.75).^ 



Adult female. — Length (skins), 138.18-147.57 (143.76); wing, 60.96- 

 63.50 (62.23); tail, 60.71-63.50 (60.96); exposed culmen, 11.43-12.70 

 (11.68); depth of bill at base, 6.60-7.11 {^.^^)\ tarsus, 20.32-22.10 

 (21.08); middle toe, 13.97-15.75 (15.24).'' 



San Clemente, San Miguel, and Santa Rosa islands, Santa Barbara 

 group, California; Coronados Islands, Lower California. 



^ Eleven specimens. ''■ Nine specimens. 



