148 THE KADIAK FOX SPARROW. 



linkup pcrly z^'crly n'illic ivillic ivccce (dim.)" said one; "Rigylc, jiggle, cct 

 eet eet ccr oor," another. "Clic zvilly zvilly zvilly die quill"; "Lcc Ice Ice 

 quilly nilly ivilly," and other such, came with full force and freshness at a 

 hundred yards to the listeners on the back porch at Longmire's. 



When studied in the swamp, the Lincoln Finches were found to be 

 more reluctant than Song Sparrows to expose themselves, but one pair, 

 anxious for their young, sat out against a clear sky again and again. The 

 bird was seen occasionally to erect its crown feathers in inquiry or excite- 

 ment, as do Chipping Sparrow, Nuttall Sparrow, ct al. A Yellow Warbler, 

 stumbling into the manorial bush, was set upon furiously ; but she made off 

 philosophically, knowing that her punishment was after the accepted code. 

 A Rustv Song Sparrow, however, was allowed to sit quietly at a foot's 

 remove, not, apparently, because he was so much bigger, nor even because 

 nearer of kin, but rather because of common parental anxiety. The contrast 

 here was instructive; the Lincoln Sparrow being not only smaller but more 

 lightly colored and with a sharp-cut streakiness of plumage. A comparison 

 of many examples showed the similarity of head pattern between the two 

 Sparrows to be very noticeable, while the buffy tinge of the Lincoln's breast 

 would appear to be one of its least constant marks. 



An alleged sub-species, Forbush's Sparrow, M. I. striata. "Similar to 

 M. lincolni l.iut superciliary stripes and upperparts more strongly olivaceous, 

 and dark streaks especially on back and upper tail-coverts, coarser, blacker, 

 and more numerous," has been ascribed to British Columbia and western 

 Washington, but the material at liand is meager and inconclusive, and the 

 proposed form has been passed upon ad\'ersely by Ridgway. 



No. 60. 

 KADIAK FOX SPARROW. 



A. O. U. No. 585 a (part). Passerella iliaca insularis Ridgway. 



[Description of Passerella iliaca unalaschensis ( Shumagin Fox Sparrow). — 

 Adults: "Pileum and hindneck brownish gray or grayish brown fnearly hair 

 brown) passing into clear gray (mouse gray or smoke gray) on superciliary 

 region and sides of neck; auricular region brownish gray, with narrow and indis- 

 tinct shaft streaks of whitish ; back, scapulars, and rump plain hair brown ; greater 

 wing-coverts, tertials and upper tail-coverts dull cinnamon brown, the rest of 

 wings intermediate between the last named color and color of back, except edges 

 of outermost primaries, which are pale hair brown ; underparts white, the fore- 

 neck, sides of throat (submalar region), chest, and sides of breast marked with 

 triangular spots of deep grayish brown or drab ; the flanks broadly streaked or 

 striped with the same (both sides and flanks mostly grayish brown laterally) : 



