CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 55 1 



686. 1. Kadiak Pox Sparrow. 



Passer ella iliaca insularis Ridgw. 1900. 



Kadiak island, Alaska, in summer; south to California in winter. 

 Type taken at Kadiak island, May lyth, 1868, by F. Bischoff. 

 (Ridgway in The Auk, Vol. XVII, p. 30, 1900.) 



586. 2. Yakutat Pox Sparrow. 



Passer ella iliaca annectens Ridgway. 1900. 



Coast of Alaska, from Cross sound to Prince William sound; 

 in winter south to California. {Ridgway.) Rather common at 

 Cook inlet, Alaska, but very shy as usual, and hard to secure. Two 

 specimens were taken at Hope and one at Tyonek but are not 

 typical. (Osgood.) Three specimens taken by Figgins at Homer and 

 on Kenai mountains in August, 1901. These birds agree with June 

 specimens of annectens from Yakutat bay. {Chapman.) This 

 species was taken in April, 1893, at Victoria, Vancouver island, by 

 Mr. Spreadborough and was found by him in abundance at Clayo- 

 quot sound, Vancouver island in September, 1907. 



685. 3. Townsend Sparrow. 



Passerella iliaca townsendi {Audubon) Ridgway. 1901. 



Coast district of southern Alaska (islands and coast of mainland) 

 from southern side of Cross sound, Lynn canal, etc., to north side 

 of Dixon entrance ; in winter south to northern California. {Ridg- 

 way.) But very little is known of this bird's habits, and nothing 

 of its nesting. There are four specimens in the National Museum 

 collection from Sitka, and the species undoubtedly occurs north 

 along the mainland coast. {Nelson.) Port Althorp, George island, 

 Alaska, June 19th, 1880. {Bean.) Common on tall grass on St. 

 Lazaria island, near Sitka, Alaska, where half-fledged young were 

 observed on June 15th, 1898. {Grinnell.) One individual was seen 

 at Skagway and several noticed at Glacier, in the White pass, June 

 8-9, 1899. {Bishop.) Common on Queen Charlotte islands, but 

 exceedingly shy. Ten specimens in all were taken, but they are not 

 identical with Sitka specimens, and perhaps should be considered 

 intermediate between townsendi and fuliginosa. {Osgood.) 



