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BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Adidtfvmalt.—ljengt.h. (.skin.s), 156.97-194.31 (ISO.So); wing. 78.23- 

 85.31 (8i.03): tail. 71.37-82.01: (78.23); exposed culmen, 14.73-17.02 

 (16.00); depth of bill at base, 7.62-8.61 (8.13): tarsus. 25.91-27.94 

 (27.18); middle toe, 19.56-20.57 (19.81).' 



Western portion of Alaska Peninsula (Stepovak Ba}', opposite 

 Shumagin Islands^ Shumagin Islands, and Aleutian Islands, from 

 Unalaska to Atka, Adak, and Attn. 



[FrlngiU(:i'\ cinerea Gmelin, Sys-t. Nat., i, pt. ii, 1788, 922 (Unalaska; based on 

 Cinereous F!nch Latham, Gen. Synop., ii, pt. i, 274; Pennant, Arct. Zool.,ii, 

 378).— Latham, Index Orn., i, i790, 445. 



Z-l^onolrichial cinerea Gray, Gen. Birds, ii, 1849, 373. 



[Zonotrichiu'] em^rea Bonaparte, Consp. Av., i, 1850, 478. 



Melospiza cinerea Fixsch, Abh. Nat. Yer. Breni., iii, 1872, 20, 41 (LTnalaska). — 

 RiDGWAY, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., iii, 1880, 3 (crit.), 180; Nom. N. Am. 

 Birds, 1881, no. 232.— Coues, Check List, 2d ed., 1882, no. 250; Key N. 

 Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 372.— Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., v, 1882, 154, part 

 (Unalaska; Little Koniushi I., Shumagins; crit.). — Nelson, Cruise "Cor- 

 win" in 1881 (1883), 72, part (Unalaska, etc., habits) ; Rep. Nat. Hist. Coll. 

 Alaska, 1887, 193, part (Unalaska and Shumagins, habits, etc.). — Turner, 

 Auk, ii, 1885, 157 (Nearer Islands, Aleutian chain, resident); Contr. Nat. 

 Hist. Alaska, 1886, 174, part (Attn and other Aleutian islands; Alaska 

 Peninsula, ^art, habits).— Townsend, Cruise "Corwin" in 1885 (1887), 101 

 (Unalaska). — Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xii, 1888, 707, excl. syn., part 

 (Unalaska, Atka I. and Kyska Harbor, Aleutians). — Richmond, Auk, 

 xii, 1895, 144-149 (monogr.). 



M.[eJospiza'] cinerea Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 372, part. — Ridc4- 

 WAY, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 432, part; 2d ed., 1896, 604. 



Melospiza melodia cinerea Gkinnell, Condor, iii, Jan., 1901, 20 (Amagnak I., 

 Unalaska; crit.). 



^ Twelve specimens. 

 Series from different islands averaare as follows: 



Localitv. 



MALES. 



Ten adult males from Unalaska 



Two adult males from the Shumagins. 

 Three adult males from Atka 



84.84 

 84.33 

 85. 09 

 One adult male from Adak i 86. 61 



Wing. ; Tail. 



Seven adult females from Unalaska ... 

 One adult female from the Shumagins 



Two adult females from Atka 



Three adult females from Adak 



81.58 

 82.55 

 79.76 

 79.76 



84.58 

 80.01 

 81.28 

 S3. 31 



80.01 

 77. 22 

 77.47 

 72. (J4 



Ex- Depth 

 posed of bill [ Tarsus, 

 culmen. atba^c;. 



16.26 ; 8.64 

 16.00 I 7.62 

 16.76 ' 8.64 

 16.26 ' 



15.75 8.13 



16.26 7.62 



16. .51 



16. .51 



27. 94 

 27. 43 

 28.19 

 27.43 



27.18 

 26.16 

 27.43 

 27.94 



Middle 

 toe. 



20.32 

 19. -56 

 20.83 

 19.81 



20. 07 

 19. 05 

 20.32 

 19. SI 



There seems to l)e ud difference in coloration between specimens from different 

 islands. 



No specimens have been examineil excei)t from the Shumagins, L'nalaska, and 

 the extreme westernmost islands of the chain (Atka, Adak, and Attn). 



