MELOSPIZA MELODIA, SONG SPARROW. 139 



b. fallax. 



(?) Zomtriehia fasciata, Gamb., J. A. N. S. 2d ser. i, 1847, 49. 



Zoiiotrichia fallax, Bd., Pr. A. N. S. vii, 1854, 119 ("New Mexico " = Arizona). 



Melospiza fallax, Bd., B. N. A. 1858, 481 ; I860, 481, pi. 27, tift-. 2.— Kenn., P. R. R. Rep. 



s, 1859, p.. iv, 29, pi. 27, tig. 2.— CouES, Pr. Philii. Acad. 1866, 52 (Arizona).— 



Coop., B. Cal. i, 1870, 215. 

 Melospiza meloclia var. fallax, Ridgw. — Coues, Key, 1872, 139. — B. B. & R., N. A. B. ii, 



1874, 22, pi. 27, tig. 10. 

 Melospiza melodia, Coues, Ibis, 1865, 165. 



c. heermanni. 



Melospiza lieeimanni, Bd., B. N. A. 1858, 478; 1860, 478, pi. 70, fig. 1 (California).— Coop., 



Orn. Cal. i, 1870, 212. 

 Melospiza melodia var. heermanni, Ridgw. — Coues, Key, 1872, 139. — B. B. & R., N. A. B. 



ii, 1674, 24, pi. 27, tig. 9. 



d. gouldii. 



Melospiza gouldii, Bd., B. N. A. 1858, 479 ; 1860, 455, pi. 71, fig. 1 (California). 

 Melospiza melodia var. gouldii, Coues, Key, 1872, 139. 

 Ammodromus samuelis, Bd., Pr. Bost. Soc. vi, 1858, 381 (California). 

 Melospiza melodia Ya.v. samuelis, B. B. & R., N. A. 13. ii, 1874, 26, pi. 27, fig. 7. 



e. mexicana. 



"(??) Melospiza pectoralis, v. Muller." 



Melosjnzu melodia var. mexicana, Ridgw., B. B. & R., N. A. B. ii, 1874, 18 (Puebla, Mex.) 



f. guttata. 



Fringilla cinerea (" Gm."), Aud., Orn. Biog. v, 1839, 22, pi. 390, fig. I ; Syn. 1839, 119 ; B. 



Am. iii, 1841, 145, pi. 187. (Not of Gmelin.) 

 PassereUa cinerea, Bp., List, 1838, 31; Cousp. i, 1850, 477. 

 Fringilla (Passerello) guttata. Nun., Man. i, 2d ed. 1840, 581. 

 Zonotrichia guttata, Gamb., J. A. N. S. 2d ser. i, 1847, .50. 

 Melospiza melodia var. guttata, Ridgw.— CoUES, Key, 1872, 139. — B. B. &. R., N. A. B. ii. 



1874, 27, pi. 27, fig. 12 (excl. ref. Dall and Bannister). 

 Melospiza rufina, Bd., B. N. A. 18.58, 480.— Coop. »fc Suck., N. H. Wash. Ter. 1660, 204.— 



Coop., B. Cal. i, 1870, 214 (excl. Syn. rufina, Brandt). 



g. rnjina. 



Emheriza rufina, Brandt, Desc. Av. Rossic. 18G6, pi. 2, 5 {Bonaparte). 



(?) Passerelia rufina, Bp., Consp. Av. i, 18r>0, 477. 



Melospiza rufina, Dall & Banv., Tr. Chic. Acad, i, 1669, 285. 



Melospiza melodia var. rufina, Ridgw. — Coues, Key, 1872, 139. — B. B. «S: R., N. A. B. ii, 



18r4, 29, pi. 27, tig. 11 (not rufina of Baird, 1656, which = var. guttata). 

 Melospiza guttata et cinei-ea, Finsch, Abh. Nat. iii, 1872, 41. 



h. insignis. 



(?) Fringilla cinerea, Gm., Syst. Nat. i, 1788, 922 {cinereous Fiiich) ; Penn., Arct. Zool. 



ii, as (Ooualashka). 

 (?) Zonotrichia cinei-ea, "Gr."— Bp., Consp. 1850, 478. 

 melospiza insignis, Bd., Tr. Chic. Acad, i, 1869. 319, pi. 29, fig. 2.— Dall & B.vxx., ibid. 



285.— FiNscii, Abh. Nat. iii, 1872, 44 (Kodiak). 

 Melospiza melodia var. insignis, Ridgw. — CouES, Key, 1872, 140.— B. B. & R., N. A. B. ii, 



1874, 30, pi. 27, fig. 8. 



Hah. — The ordinary Eastern type extends westward to the dry, eentral plains.. 

 North to the Cauadas and Nova Scotia. Winters as far north as the Middh> States, if 

 not in Soul hern New England (Coos County, New Hampshire, November, with snow, 

 Maynard). Breeds throughout its range, and is, in most localities, one of the most 

 abundant and familiar of all Sparrows. (No extralimital record.) Var. fallax from 

 the Southern Middle Province. Var. heermanni from California east to the Humboldt 

 Mountains. Var. gouldii from the California coast, San Francisco, ami southward. 

 \iir. guttata from the Pacific coast north to British Columbia. Var. rufina from Pacitic 

 coast north of British Columbia. Var. inniguis from Kodiak and Oouahishka. 



I adopt the several varieties of Ihis species from Mr. Ridgway's account, published 

 in the work above cited. He very kindly gave me his idciilificatioiis, for use in the 

 Key, in advance of his own publication. The reader is referred to the work in ques- 

 tiou for an exhaustive analysis of this perplexing group. 



