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Slave Lake), central Keewatin, northern Ontario, central Quebec, and Cape 
Breton Island south to southern Nebraska, central Missouri, Kentucky, 
southern Virginia, and southern North Carolina (mountains), and west to the 
Rocky Mountains of Alberta; winters from Nebraska, Illinois, Massachusetts 
(locally), and New Jersey south to the Gulf coast, and sporadically north to 
Michigan and Nova Scotia. 
b. Melospiza melodia fallax (Bairp). Desert Song Sparrow. [581a.] 
Zonotrichia fallax Barrp, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., VII, 1854, 119. 
(Pueblo Creek, Lat. 35° N., Long. 113° W., Arizona.) 
Rance.— Lower Sonoran Zone from southern Nevada and southwestern 
Utah to southeastern California, southeastern Arizona, northeastern Lower 
California, and Sonora. 
c. Melospiza melodia montana HensHaw. Mountain Song Sparrow. [5810.] 
Melospiza fasciata montana Hensuaw, Auk, I, July, 1884, 224. (Fort 
Bridger, Wyoming.) 
Ranae.—Rocky Mountains and Sierra Nevada region. Breeds in Transi- 
tion Zone from eastern Oregon, southern Idaho, and Montana to middle 
eastern California and northern New Mexico; winters south to western Texas 
and northern Mexico (Chihuahua and Sonora). 
d. Melospiza melodia heérmanni Barrp. Heermann’s Song Sparrow. [58lc.] 
Melospiza heermanni Batrp, Rep. Expl. & Surv. R. R. Pac., IX, 1858, 
478. (Tejon Valley (in winter), California.) 
Raneg.— Central valleys of California, principally San Joaquin and 
Sacramento valleys; in winter casually to Nevada. 
e. Melospiza melodia samuélis (Bairp). Samuels’s Song Sparrow. [581d.] 
Ammodromus samuelis Barrp, Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., VI, Aug., 1858, 
379. (Petaluma, California.) 
Rance.— Coast region of middle California from Marin County to Santa 
Cruz except salt marshes on south side of San Francisco Bay. 
jf. Melospiza melodia mérphna OserHorseR. Rusty Song Sparrow. [5S8le.] 
Melospiza melodia morphna OpeRHotseR, Auk, XVI, April, 1899, 183. 
(Columbia River, probably near Fort Vancouver.) 
RanGe.— Pacifie coast belt. Breeds from extreme southern Alaska to 
southern Washington; winters south to southern California. 
