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smaller and less blended. Wing given as 2.35; tail 2.25. The alleged characters may be due 

 in part to abrasion of plumage by the coarse grass in which the bird lives. Santa Barbara Isl., 

 breeding, and adjacent coast of California in winter. M. f. graminea Townsend, Pr. U. S. 

 Nat. Mus. xiii, 1890, p. 139; A. 0. U. List, 2d ed. 1895, p. 242, No. 581 h. M. m. graminea, 

 Oberh. Auk, Apr. 1899, p. 183. 



M. m. clemen'tae. (Dog-Lat., intended to mean of San Cleinente, the island named in Span- 

 ish form for St. Clement, bishop of Rome in the 1st century, A. d. ; Lat. clementinus, from 

 dementia, clemency, mildness, from clemens, clement, mild ; preferable forms of the specific 

 name would be clementice, Clementina, or dementensis.) San Clemente Song Sparrow. 

 Like the last; larger; bill longer. Wing and tail each 2.50; culmen 0.45; tarsus 0.85. San 

 Clemente and Santa Rosa Islands, California. 31. f. dementcB Towns. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. xiii, 

 1890, p. 139; A. O. U. List, 2.1 ed. 1895, p. 243, No. 581 i. 



31. m. morph'na. (Gr. fxopcpvos, morphnos, Lat. morphnus, epithet of an eagle, supposed to 

 mean dark-colored, dusky, swarthy, like Lat. furvus.) Oregon Song Sparrow. Rusty 

 Song Sparrow. Decidedly different from any of the foregoing ! Streaking diffuse ; streaks 

 above and below dark rufous-brown, without black centres or pale edges. Coloration blended ; 

 general tone ruddy ; under parts extensively shaded with brownish, except on belly. Rather 

 larger than typical melodia. Pacific coast, U. S., and British Columbia, breeding northerly, 

 S. ill winter to S. California. This well-marked form was first distinguished by Nuttall, 

 Man. 2d ed. 1840, p. 581 ; he named it Fringilla guttata, and compared it with the Fox Spar- 

 row, from its resemblance to Passerella iliaca; but the name he bestowed is ruled out by the 

 prior F. guttata Vieill. 1817, an Australian bird. This Song Sparrow was also recognized 

 by Audubon, who wrongly called it Fringilla cinerea Gm., a name belonging to the distinct 

 species described below. It was not recognized as different from riifina by Baird in 1858, the 

 M. riifina of this author, B. N. A. p. 480, being a composite. I disengaged the two forms in 

 the orig. ed. of the Key, 1872, p. 139, calling the present one 31. melodia guttata, and changed 

 the name to 3f.fasciata guttata in the2d-4th eds. 1884-90, p. 372, after Ridgw. Bull. Nutt. 

 Club, iii, 1878, p. 66. It has since so stood in A. 0. U. Lists, No. 581 e; but as the name 

 guttata has proven untenable, a new one has been proposed by Oberholser, Auk, Apr. 1899, 

 ])• 183, and this I now adopt. 



M. m. iiigersol'li. (To Albert M. Ingersoll, of San Diego, Cal.) Tehama Song Spar- 

 row. Nearest morphna; said to be darker, without rusty wash, with under parts more 

 streaky. Types from Sacramento Valley, California. McGregor, Bull. Cooper Club, Mar. 15, 

 1899, p. 35, and Sept. 15, 1899, p. 88. 



M. m. mer'rilli. (To Dr. James C Merrill, U. S. A.) Merrill's Song Sparrow. 

 Most like morphna; bill smaller; ground color of upper parts and sides of head and neck 

 lighter and more ashy, with darker and sharper markings, especially of back ; white of under 

 parts clearer and more extensive. Length 6.10; wing 2.63; tail 2.58; tarsus 0.84; bill 0.44, 

 its depth at nostril 0.25. Fort Sherman, Idaho. 31. f. merrilli Brewst. Auk, Jan. 1896, 

 p. 46; A. 0. U. List, 8th Suppl. Auk, Jan. 1897, p. 122, No. 581 k. 



M. 111. rufl'na. (Lat. rufina, rufous, reddish.) SooTY SoNG Sparrow (called Risty Song 

 Sparrow in 2d-4th eds. of Key). Quite like morphna, of which it is a larger, darker north- 

 ern form. Tone of upj)er parts sooty or smoky brown ; streaking very dark. Length 6.50 or 

 more ; wing and tail about 3.00; tarsus 1.00. Pacific coast region, British Columbia to Sitka; 

 latter the type locality. Passerella rufina Bp. Consp. Av. i, July 15, 1850, p. 477, as based 

 on Emheriza rufina Brandt, 1836 (Sitka). 31. rufina Baird, 1858, in part (includes gut- 

 tata = morphna). 31. melodia rttfina CoiES, Key, orig. ed. 1872, p. 139; 3I.fasciata rufina 

 <.f Key, 2d-4tli eds. p. 372, and of A. 0. U. Lists, No. 581/. 



M. m. cauri'nas. (Lat. caurinus, nortliwesteru ; caurus or corus, the northwest wind.) 

 Yakutat Song Sparrow. Like rufina; described as having bill longer, and coloration 



