MELOSPIZA HEERMANNI— M. FALLAX. . 483 



According to our notes it was there confined to the floor of tlie park, or 

 did not ascend to any great distance up the canons along the streams. At 

 Sacramento, as well in the river-valleys of western Nevada, it was common 

 among the iules or rushes fringing the sloughs and jjonds near tlie larger 

 bodies of water. Tlie species was stationary in all portions of its range, or 

 at least did not perform more than a partial vertical migration, although 

 the fact that individuals of the var. (juttata were met with in the West 

 Humboldt Mountains Avould seem to indicate that while tlif species, col- 

 lectively, may be found in one localit}- throughout the year, iiidivi(Ui(ds 

 perfoiTJi more or less of a latitudinal migration. 



List of specimens. 

 13. heermanni. 



150 ? ad.; Humboldt liiver (Oreana), August 31, 1807. 7— 9i — 3— 2.i— ,^— 7_ 

 3 — (2g). Bill, (lull liver-brown, the upper luaudible darker, nearly black on the culiuen ; 

 iris, hazel ; tarsi and toes, dark liver-brown. 



21G, (? ad.; Camp 19, West Humboldt Mountains, Nevada, September 24, 18G7. 

 6g — 8f^ — 2.^ — 2J— y'g — i| — 2| — IJ. Bill, blackish hepatic-olive, paler and more slaty 

 on lower mandible; iris, hazel; tarsi and toes, deep purplish horn-color. 



2m,$ad.; Camp 19, October 7, 1867. G|— 9— 2^— 2/^—- ,7^— >-|— 3— IJ. Upper 

 mandible, slaty born-black, lower paler browuish-slaty ; iris, hazel; tarsi and toes, 

 pale horn -color. 



368, <? ad.; Truckee Reservation, Nevada, December 25, 1SC7. 7— Oi— 2J— 2/,, — 

 yV — ^f — 3J — U. Upper mandible horn-black, paler along tomiuui ; lower, brownish- 

 slaty. 



381, ? ad.; Truckee Reservation, December 20, 1807. (>i— s;^— jq— L:l_-"-_l.•'_ 

 2i — If- Upper mandible hepatic-black, paler along tomiiun ; lower, lilaceous-brown, 

 with yellowish tinge basally beneath. 



382, 9 ad.; Truckee Reservation, December 26, 1807. 0-;|— 8i—2:|—2y\— /,,—;,' ■— 

 --'« — Ig- Same remarks. 



383,^ ad.; Truckee Reservation, December 20, 1807. Oi*— SJ— 2] ,;— 2^— j'^— { ;^ — 

 3 — IJ. Same remarks. 



. 470, <? ad.; Carson City, Nevada, March 28, 1808. Of— 8}i— 2i— 2.a. Ui)[ku- 

 mandible, plumbeous-black, tomium paler; lower, dull plumbeous, with lilaceous glow 

 basally and beneath ; iris, bister; tarsi,, whitish-brown ; toes, deeper brown. 



479, (J rtc/.; Carson, March 30, 1868. 6ji_S5_i;]^-_i>|'-. Same remarks. 



y. fallax. 



890, jwr.; Camp 22, Ruby Valley, Nevada, Sei)tember 4, 1808. OyL— 8^— (?)— 2]. 

 Bill, lilaceous ashy-brown, darkest terminally, lower mandible more lilaceous; rictus, 

 pale yellow; iris, very dark sepia; tarsi and toes, diliUe lilaceons-sepia, latter pale 

 yellow beneath. 



