704 FRINGILLID^!. 



Orn. Club, iii. p. 66 (1878) ; Belding, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. i. 

 p. 417 (1879). 

 Melospiza fasciata fallax-, Ridgw. Proc. ZT.S. Nat. Mus. iii. pp. 3, 

 180 (1881) ; Coues, Chech-l. N. Amer. B. p. 54 (1882) : id. Key. N. 

 Amer. B. 2nd ed. p. 372 (1884) ; Hensh. Auk, i. p. 224 (1884) ; 

 Dilw. Auk, ii. p. 16 (1885) ; Beckh. t. c. p. 141 ; A. 0. U. Chech-l. 

 N. Amer. B. p. 279 (1886). 



Adult male. Similar to M. fasciata, but very uracil paler ; the grey 

 and rufous tints accentuated, so that the moustache is clear rufous, 

 as also are the spots on the fore neck and sides of the bod}', which 

 are clear rufous, with scarcely any indication of black centres ; the 

 rump nearly uniform : " bill lilaceous ashy brown, darkest ter- 

 minally, the lower mandible more lilaceous ; rictus pale yellow ; 

 tarsi and toes dilute lilaceous-sepia, the latter pale yellow beneath ; 

 iris very dark sepia " (Bidgway). Total length 5*8 inches, culmen 

 0*5, wing 2*6, tail 2-6, tarsus 0*85. 



Hah. New Mexico and Arizona. 



a. cJ ad. sk. Fort Yuma, California, Dec 5, 1886 G. Frean Morcom, 



{F. Stephens). Esq. [P.]. 



b. Ad. sk. Tucson, Arizona, April 1884 (E. W. It. B. Sliarpe, Esq. 



Nelson ; Sm. no. 98918). [P.]. 



c. Ad. sk. Tucson, Arizona, July 1884 {E. TV. U.S. National Mus. 



Nelson ; Sm. no. 98908). [P.]. 



Subsp. /3. Melospiza heermanni. 



Melospiza heermanni, Baird, B. N Amer. p. 478 (1858) ; id. ed. 

 18130, p. 478, pi. 70. fig. 1; id. Ibis, 1867, p. 270; Cooper, 

 B. Calif, p. 212 (1870) ; Scl. 8f Salv. Nomencl. At: Neotr. p. 32 

 (1873); Salving Godman, Biol. Cent/:- Amer., Aves, i. p. 388 (1886). 



Melospiza oouldi (wee Baird), Scl. P. Z. S. 1862, p. 369. 



Melospiza fallax (nee Baird), Scl. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 174. 



? Melospiza pectoralis, von Mull. Syst. Verz. Wirb. Mex. p. 49. 



Zonotrichia heermanni, Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 94, no. 7389 (1870). 



Melospiza melodia, var. heermanni, Coues, Key N. Amer. B. p. 139 

 (1872) : Baird, Brewer, # Ridgw. Hist. N. Amer. B. ii. p. 24, 

 pi. 27. fig. 9 (1874) ; Hensh. Rep. Zool. Etpl. 100th Merid. p. 282 

 (1875) ; Cooper, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. ii. p. 248 (1880). 



Melospiza melodia, /3. heermanni, Coues, B. N- West, p. 139 (1874) ; 

 Ridgiv. Rep. Sure. 40th Parallel, p. 481 (1877) ; id. Bull. Nutt. 

 Orn. Club, iii. p. 66 (1878) ; Belding, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. i. 

 p. 417 (1879). 



Melospiza fasciata heermanni, Ridgiv. Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. iii. pp. 3, 

 180 (1881) ; Coues, Chech-l. N. Amer. B. p. 54 (1882) ; id. Key N. 

 Amer. B. 2nd ed. p. 372 (1884) ; Everm. Auk, iii. p. 182 (1886) ; 

 A. O. U. Chech-l. ~N. Amer. B. p. 280 (1886). 



Adult. Similar to M. fasciata, but altogether a darker bird and 

 distinguished by the bold black spotting on the fore neck and breast, 

 without any tinge of rufous ; the spotting on the rump scarcely 

 distinguishable : " upper mandible slaty horn-black, lower paler 

 brownish slaty ; tarsi and toes pale horn-colour ; iris hazel " (Ridg- 

 way). Total length 5'6 inches, culmen 0-5, wing 2*45, tail 2-35, 

 tarsus 0-85. 



