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1912 BANGS — FLORIDA SONG SPARROW 
from Massachusetts to the Carolinas. I have, however, never 
been able to find where this large, red form breeds. I think that 
some day three races of the Song Sparrow will have to be recog- 
nized in eastern North America; but until the large, red bird, 
the type of Melospiza melodia melodia (Wils.), is found to have a 
definite breeding area, I shall content myself by describing, as new, 
the other extreme — the breeding race of peninsula Florida: 
Melospiza melodia beata subsp. nov. 
Type, from Enterprise, Florida, adult o’, no. 44,704, coll. Mus. Comp. 
Zo6l., collected April 17, 1859, by Dr. Henry Bryant. 
Characters.— Similar to M. melodia melodia (Wils.), but the bill very 
much larger and rather differently shaped, the maxilla much swollen 
basally, therefore less evenly conical in outline; commissural tooth much 
larger and more pronounced; general color darker and grayer, with little 
admixture of rusty in the upper parts; black striping of back heavy and 
pronounced; lateral crown stripes very dark brown. 
MEASUREMENTS (in millimeters). 
Breadth 
No. Sex and age Wing Tail Tarsus Culmen of bill 
44,704 of ad. (type) 69.0 67.0 23.0 14 a 
44,705 9 ad. (topotype) 63.5 61.5 21.5 13 7 
