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ZOOLOGY— BIKUS. 



MELOSPIZA MELODIA var. HEEKMANNI, Bd. 

 HeermannN Son;; Sparrow. 



Melospiza Iwermanni, Bd., Birds N. A., ISj'S, 47.S.— i^/., (7*., ISC.O, 47S, pi. 70, f. 1 (Cali 

 fornia). — Ooopkr, Birds Cal., 1870, 212. — Yakuow, Kcp. Orii. Specs., 1871, 

 \\'lii'('lor'.s Expt'd., 1874, 35. 



MeUispiza mdoilia var. heertnanni, CouKS, Key N. A. Bii'ds, 1872, I'M. — Bd., Brew., 

 & KiUG., N. A. Birds, ii, 1874, 24, pi. 27, f. 9. 



This appears to be a local race, quite restricted, its range being gen- 

 erally confined to Ciilit'oniia, extending northward as tar as San Franci.sco, 



