WASHINGTON HYPOTHETICAL LIST. 979 



DIVISION D. 



WASHINGTON HYPOTHETICAL LIST. 



Description of species not known to occur in British Columbia but likely to 

 occur or to have occurred in Washington. The list includes not only those 

 species whose claim to admission as birds of Washington rests only upon pre- 

 sumptive or inconclusive evidence but those whose status as species is not clearly 

 established. 



H. No. 26. 

 .'^RK.'KNS.WV GOLDFINCH. 



.\. O. U. No. 530. Astragalinus psaltria (Say). 



Description. — Adult inale : Crown black; wings black, the primaries white basally, 

 showing e.xposed patch, quills and greater coverts white-tipped; tail black, the three outer- 

 most feathers extensively- white on inner webs; remaining upperparts plain olive-green; ear- 

 coverts olive; underparts canary yellow. Female and young: Similar but duller, crown color 

 of back and white tail-spots reduced or wanting. Length about 4.50; wing 2.50; tail 1.60; 

 bill .38. 



General Range. — Western L^nited States north to Colorado, Utah and Oregon, south 

 to Cape St. Lucas and Sonora. 



Supposed Occurrence in Washington. — Not uncommon in the vicinity of Portland 

 and therefore likely to be found along our southern border. 



H. No. 27. 



LECONTE'S SPARROW. 



A. O. V. No. 548. Ammodramus leconteii (Audubon). 



Description. — Adnlts: "Crown with two black stripes in sharp contrast to huffy and 

 grayish median stripe ; sides of head and superciliary bufify or yellowish brown ; hind-neck 

 chestnut, feathers edged with grayish ; rest of upperparts brownish, marked strikingly with 

 blackish and butf^y, the feathers black, notched with grayish, with rufous and bufify cream 

 U-shaped edgings; belly white; sides and flanks streaked; bill small and slender; tail 

 graduated" (Bailey). Length about 5.00; wing 2.00; tail 1.95; bill .37. 



General Range. — The Great Plains, breeding in prairie marshes north to Assiniboia, 

 east to Ilhnois; south in winter to Southern States; accidental in Idaho. 



Supposed Occurrence in Washington. — In June, 1905, I saw a sparrow with a gradu- 

 ated tail in a marsh adjoining Brook Lake, which I suspect to have been this species. The 

 bird skulked very closely and I was unable to obtain it. 



H. No. 28. 



OREGON SONG SPARROW. 



A. O. v. Waiting List. Melospiza melodia phaea (A. K. Fisher). 



Description. — Similar to M. )n. inorphiia ( <;. f. p. 142) but darker: most like M. c. 

 ntfina but much sinaller. Wing .68; tail .65; bill .11; tarsus 22.2. 



General Range. — "Immediate vicinity of coast from Rogue River to Yaquina, Oregon." 



Occurrence in Washington. — A specimen taken by Mr. J. M. Edson near Bellingham 

 is so identified by the V. S. Bureau of Biological Survey, but the very fact of its occurrence 

 in the heart of the range of .1/. »i. morphna argues strongly against the validity of the 

 proposed subspecies. 



H. No. 29. 

 SHUMAGIN FOX SPARROW. 



.\. O. L^. 585 a Passerella iliaca unalaschensis (Gmelin). 

 Description. — Type of Northwestern forms — see page 148. 



General Range. — "Shumagin Islands and Alaska Peninsula (Kukak Bay, etc.). Alaska; 

 Unalaska Island?" (Ridgway). 



