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under ii weed or a tussock of grass. One contained a few dark hairs 

 besides the usual line grass lining. Twenty adults differ from eastern 

 summer specimens of hyemalis only in having in both sexes bills aver- 

 aging 0.02 inch longer (measured from the nostril). 



128. Junco hyemalis oregonus. Oregon Junco. 



Tolerably common at Skagway and more so at Haines. At Skagway 

 I took a female and four fresh eggs May 31. The nest, of dried grass 

 lined with short, white hairs, was sunk in the ground and concealed by 

 dead weeds under a birch only about 30 feet above the water of Lynn 

 Canal. 



129. Junco hyemalis connectens. Shufeldt Junco. 



Maddren took a female at Glacier June 7, a male was taken near 

 White Pass City June 9, and Maddren saw several near there that 

 day. I took a male below Glacier June 10, and saw and heard a 

 number singing a few hundred feet above White Pass City, where the 

 spruce woods gave place to more open country. Their song is quite 

 distinct from that of orecjonus. This is a new record for Alaska. 



130. Melospiza melodia rufina. Sooty Song Sparrow. 



We heard several singing at Skagwa}^ May 31, and Osgood saw 

 some at Haines June 2. At Haines 1 took a male June 1, and a pair, 

 the female of which had finished laying, June 2. 



131. Melospiza cinerea. Aleutian Song Sparrow. 



Abundant at Unalaska, October 5-7, frequenting the roofs of build- 

 ings, lumber piles, wharves, beaches, and weeds of the level countr}^ 

 and hillsides. The males were singing constantly, their song having 

 the usual song sparrow character, but not the usual strength or beauty. 



132. Melospiza lincolni. Lincoln Sparrow. 



At Log Cabin June 15 we saw what was apparently a Lincoln 

 sparrow. Osgood took a female and a set of five fresh eggs near 

 Lake Marsh July 5, I another female on the west shore July 8, and 

 we heard several singing near the lake. The nest found was composed 

 of coarse grass lined with fine, and was in a tuft of grass in a swamp, 

 about 4 inches above the water. We again met this species at 

 Lower Lebarge, near Fort Selkirk, near the White River, at Camp 

 Davidson, at Charlie Village, 15 miles above Circle, and at Circle, 

 where one was taken August 19. July 27 a full-grown young was 

 taken, and August 12 one that had almost finished molting into win- 

 ter plumage. 



133. Melospiza lincolni striata. Forbush Sparrow. 



A Lincoln sparrow which Osgood saw at Haines June 1 should be 

 referred to the northwestern subspecies. 



