420 SYSTEMA TIC SYNOPSIS. — PA SSERES — OSCIXES. 



Baird, 1854; M. fallaxBAiRo, 1858; 31. in. fallax Coves, Key, 1872, p. 139; 31. f. fallax 

 of later eds. of Key, p. 372, and A. 0. U. Lists, 1886 and 1895, No. 581 a. 

 M. m. monta'na. (Lat. montana, of mountains.) Mountain Song Sparrow. Scarcely 

 distinguishable from fallax, and the form which most authors have called fallax. Upper parts 

 umber-brown with gray margins of the feathers, giving a strong grayish cast ; back streaked 

 with blackish-brown ; streaks of under parts also of this color. This is the form characteristic 

 of the Great Basin at large. 31. f. montana Hensh. Auk, July, 1884, p. 224 ; Coues, Key, 

 3d ed. 1887, p. 874; A. 0. U. Lists, 1886 and 1895, No. 581 b. 31. m. montana Oberh. 

 Auk, Apr. 1899, p. 183. (Included under fallax in 1st and 2d eds. of Key.) 

 M. m. heer'manni. (To Dr. A. L. Heermann, of Philadelphia.) Heermann's Song Spar- 

 row. Similar to the foregoing, and size of melocUa proper. Tone of upper parts grayish, the 

 streaks numerous, broad, distinct, with little rufous, mostly lacking pale edgings, and obsolete 

 on rump. Portions of California, and western Nevada; type from Tejon Pass, Cal. 31. heer- 

 manni Bd. 1858 ; 31. m. heennannii Coues, Key, 1872, p. 139 ; 31. f. heermanni of 2d-4th 

 eds. of Key, p. 372, and of A. 0. U. Lists, 1886 and 1895, No. 581 c. 



M. m. samue'lis. (To E. Samuels, of California.) Samuels' SoNG Sparrow. Similar to 

 heermanni in distinctness of the black streaks, which are not obsolete on rump ; under tail- 

 coverts also streaked. Bill long, slender, acute ; wings very short, much rounded. Size very 

 small. Baird gives length only 5.00 ; wing 2.20 ; tail 2.35 ; Ridgway gives length 4.70-5.75 ; 

 wing 2.15-2.50; tail 2.00-2.68, — measurements manifestly impossible to a single subspecies 

 so finely drawn as those oi melospiza ! Bill along culmen about 0.50, its depth at base about 

 0.25; tarsus 0.85. Eggs said to measure 0.74 X 0..58. Coast region of California; type 

 specimens from Petaluma, Cal. Ammodromus Samuelis Baird, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. 

 June, 18.58 ; B. N. A. 18.58, p. 455; later ed. pi. 71, fig. 1. Melospiza gouldii Baird, B. N. A. 

 1858, p. 479. 31. m. gouldii Coues, Key, 1872, p. 1-39 ; 31. f. Samuelis, Coues, Key, 2d-4th 

 eds. p. 372, and of A. 0. U. Lists, 1886-95, No. 581 d. 



M. m. coop'eri. (To Dr. J. G. Cooper.) San Diego Song Sparrow. Like heermani; 

 slightly smaller ; coloration lighter, grayer. Back grayish-olive, broadly streaked with black, 

 the streaks with little or no rusty edging. Wing and tail 2.50 on an average ; culmen 0.48 ; 

 depth of bill at base 0.29 ; tarsus 0.85. Southern coast region of California, N. to Monterey 

 Bay, S. to San Queutin Bay, Lower California. Ridgw. Auk, Jan 1899, p. 35. 

 M. m. pusil'lula. (Lat. pusillula, very small, dimin. of pusilla, small.) Salt Marsh Song 

 Sparrow. Like samuelis ; still smaller ; coloration less rusty and more olivaceous above ; 

 superciliary line and under parts more or less tinged with yellowish. Wing averaging 2.29 ; 

 tail 2.16 : culmen 0.47 ; depth of bill at base 0.25 ; tarsus 0.82. Salt marshes of San Fran- 

 cisco Bay, California. Ridg^v. Auk, Jan. 1899, p. .35. 



M. m. cleonen'sis. (Lat. of Cleone, a town of Mendocino Co., Cal.) Mendocino Song 

 Sparrows Size of samuelis ; lighter and more rusty ; black marks of back restricted ; spots 

 of breast broadly edged with rusty ; black markings of sides of head and neck almost entirely 

 replaced by reddish-brown. Wing 2.28-2.38 ; tail 2.10-2.22 ; culmen 0.42. Coast of Mendo- 

 cino Co., California. 31. melodia cleonensis McGregor, Bull. Coop. Club, Sept. 15, 1899, p. 87. 

 M. m. rivula'ris. (Lat. rividaris, of small rivers or creeks, fluviatile; rivtdns, a rivulet, 

 dimin. of rivus, a river.) Brown's Song Sparrow. With this alleged subspecies we pass 

 to some peninsular and insular forms, before resuming the series with forms from northwestern 

 U. S. and northward. Lower California. 3£. f. rividaris Brya.nt, Proc Cala. Acad. 2d ser. 

 i, Sept. 1888, p 197; Coues, Key, 4th ed. 1890, p. 900; A. 0. U. List, 2d ed. 1895, No. 581^. 

 31. m. rividaris Oberh. Auk, Apr. 1899, p. 183. 



M. m. gramin'ea. (Lat. graminea, of grass or herbage.) Santa Barbara Song Spar- 

 row. Described as being of the size of samweZis; tail shorter; feet larger; coloration lighter, 

 with an ashy cast; hind neck decidedly ashy; dark markings of back and sides of throat 



