73. MELOSPIZA. 705 



Mexican specimens are similar, but have a decidedly clearer white 

 eyebrow. 



Hub. " Interior of Southern California, east into Western Ne- 

 vada," and south into Mexico (ef. A. 0. U. Check-l. I. c). 



a. Ad. sk. California {Bell). Sclater Coll. 



b. Ad. sk. Stockton, California {L. Bel- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



ding ; Sm. no. 77325). 



c 2 j uv - sk - Haywards', California, July 10, R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



1881 ( IF. O. Emerson). [P.]. 



d. $ juv. sk. Santa Barbara, California, June U.S. National Mus. 



26, 1875 {H. TV. Henshaw; [P.]. 

 Sm. no. 72273). 



e. (5ad.sk. Fort Tejon, Dec. {J. Xantus; Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Sm. no. 25735). 



/. Ad. sk. California. J. Gould, Esq. 



g. Ad. sk. California. Purchased. 



h. Ad. sk. Mexico. J. Gould, Esq. 



i-k. Ad. et juv. Mexico. Sclater Coll. 



sk. 



/. Ad. sk. Mexico {White). Sclater Coll. 



m. Ad. sk. South Mexico {A. Boueard). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



n. Ad. sk. Puebla, Mexico, Jan. 1806 {A. Sclater Coll. 



Boueard). 



o.cJad.sk. Puebla, Jan. 1866(^1 Boueard). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Subsp. y. Melospiza samuelis. 



Ammodromus samuelis, Baird, Proc. Bost. Soc. X. H. vi. p. 381 

 (1858) ; id. B. N. Amer. p. 455 (1858) ; Cooper, B. Calif, p. 191 

 (1870) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 96, no. 7417 (1870). 



Melospiza gouldi, Baird, B. X. Amer. p. 479 (1850) ; id. op. cit. 2nd 

 ed. p. 479, pi. 71. tig. 1 (1860). 



Zonotrichia gouldii, Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 64, no. 7390 (1870). 



Melospiza melodia, var. gouldii, Cones, Key A 7 . Amer. B. p. 139 

 (1872). 



Melospiza melodia, var. samuelis, Baird, Brewer, § Padgw. Hist. X. 

 Amer. B. ii. p. 26, pi. 27. fig. 7 (1874). 



Melospiza melodia, S. gouldii, Coues, B. X.-West, p. 139 (1874). 



Melospiza fasciata samuelis, JRidgw. Proc. U.S. Xat. Mm. iii. pp. 3, 

 180 (1881); Coues, Check-l. X. Amer. B. p. 54 (1882); Belding, 

 Proc. U.S. Xat. 3fus. v. p. 528 (1883); Coues, Key X. Amer. B. 

 2nd ed. p. 372 (1884) ; A. O. U. Check-l. X. Amer. B. p. 280 

 (1886) ; Everm. Auk, iii. p. 182 (1886) ; Hensh. t. c. p. 453 (1886). 



Adult. Similar to M. heermanni, but much smaller, and having 

 the rump marked with blackish, though less distinctly than the 

 back. Total length 5-3 inches, culmen 0-45, wings 2-25, tail 2T5, 

 tarsus 0'75. 



A perfect gradation in size and colour seems to take place between 

 this race and M. heermanni. 



Hub. California. 



a. Ad. sk. California. Sclater Coll. 



6. tJ ad. sk. San Bernardino, California, Mav 22, G. Erean Morcom, 



1886 {F. Stephens) Esq. [P.]. 



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