BIRDS—FRINGILLIDAE—MELOSPIZA FALLAX. ASL 
List of specimens. 
Catal.}3ex and Locality. When col- | Whence obtained. | Orig. | Collected by— Length.| Stretch | Wing. Remarks. 
No. | age. | lected. | No. | of wings 
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DONE | sisc sinew | Straits of Fuca, W. T..| Mar. —, 1855| Dr. J. G, Cooper... 00 See ceccsseccccs ees [vvcsccce| seveces-|ceceee 
A540 ernie sisia Washington) Territory... |'————,, L000! || Dr: G, SUCKICY¥sevslencces|scesdvcls ceveseseiesss| socejeues| aces oveslensacse eo 
CBRE IA Boerner Steilacoom, W. T..... Rebs 05 1650: \eseaeslOs.00 | 
6231 | 
6232 |... 
6233 
6234 
6235 |... 
6228 July 5, 1854 | 
G 2207 Miectsisigeic:| eee aves QOrcoeesiccaitesies |e eais AO veces: 
6230 see Sept. —, 1854 } 8, Iris brown,bill and 
feet the same. 
1860 Jan. 18, 1836 
1942 sieiesiaisinieAOrarsaieica siesieis ee || evercieseaiecss|ososice 
WUzfor Ve) |) Hort, Tejon; Cal. cecss|esuclcceieresace | 
MELOSPIZA FALLAX, Baird. 
Zonotrichia fallax, Bairp, Pr. A. N. Se. Ph. VII, June, 1854, 119. (Pueblo creek, New Mexico.) 
2 Zonotrichia fasciata, (Gm.) Gampex, J. A. N. Se. Ph. 2d Series, I, 1847, 49. 
Sp. Ca.—Similar to Z. melodia, but with wings and tail longer, and bill smaller. Dark centres to the brownish streaks of the 
feathers of upper and under surfaces obsolete or wanting. Superciliary light stripe ash color anteriorly. Length, 6.65; wing, 
bios) tall,.9.306 
Hab.—Rocky mountain region from Fort Thorn to the Colorado. Fort Tejon? 
Although this species is very similar to the J. melodia, yet, when specimens are compared 
with an extensive series of the last mentioned species, an impression of difference will at once 
be conveyed. The bird is rather larger, especially the tail, as shown by the accompanying 
table, while the feet and especially the bill are smaller. The line above the eye is grayish ash 
throughout, without the whitish immediately at the base of the bill. The dark brown centres 
in the brownish rufous streaks of the head, back, and under parts, are almost entirely wanting 
or very obsolete ; the color of the rufous streaks, too, is paler. — 
I do not, however, feel sure that this species will stand as perfectly satisfactory, as there is a 
specimen (6226) from Boca Grande, Mexico, before me which has all the dark markings of eastern 
specimens, with a decidedly inferior bill. At any rate, I consider it as less strongly established 
than any of the others before me. It has certain relationships of coloration to the J/. guttata, 
but is much grayer. . 
As far as I can judge the middle toe and claw are proportionally longer than in J. melodia. 
List of specimens. 
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Catal. No. Locality, ‘When collected. Whence obtained. Orig. No. Collected by— 
Pueblo creek, Camp 106,N.M. Jan. 22, 1854 | Lieut. Whipple---------- 51 Kennerly and Mollhausen- 
6225" |; Hort ThornNaMesseeaesoals one oe cee ao Dracis Co nenryiss<.se8ae|=oeo6-2 2222 an ens ser ese en a 
N02 7a Bort: Nej ons Calse=- se = paneer aa Jeeseidey Vesbyoo2 ss s— 656 | ------------------------ 
June 17, 1856. 
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