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g- Melospiza melodia rufina (BonaPaRTE). Sooty Song Sparrow. [581/.] 
Passerella rufina Bonaparte, Consp. Avium, I, 1850, 477. (Sitka, 
Alaska.) 
RancGe.— Alaska coast district. Breeds on the southern islands and coast 
from Cross Sound and Glacier Bay to Dixon Entrance; winters south to coast 
of British Columbia, Vancouver Island, and the Olympic Mountains of Wash- 
ington. 
h. Melospiza melodia rivuléris W. Bryant. Brown’s Song Sparrow. [581g.] 
Melospiza fasciata rivularis Bryant, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 2, I, 
Sept. 29, 1888, 197. (Comondu, Lower California.) 
Rance.— South central Lower California (San Ignacio to Comondu). 
i. Melospiza melodia graminea C. H. Townsenp. Santa Barbara Song 
Sparrow. [581h.] 
Melospiza fasciata graminea TOWNSEND, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XIII, 
1890, 139. (Santa Barbara Island, California.) 
RanGeE.— Santa Barbara and Santa Cruz islands, California. 
7. Melospiza melodia cleménte C. H. Townsenp. San Clemente Song 
Sparrow. [581i.] 
Melospiza fasciata clemente TOWNSEND, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XIII, 
1890, 139. (San Clemente Island, California.) 
RancE.— San Clemente, San Miguel, and Santa Rosa islands, California, 
and Coronados Islands, Lower California. 
k. Melospiza melodia juddi BisHop. Dakota Song Sparrow. [581j.] 
Melospiza fasciata juddi Bisnop, Auk, XIII, April, 1896, 132. (Rock 
Lake, Towner Co., North Dakota.) 
Rance.— Southwestern Saskatchewan to Turtle Mountains, North Dakota. 
]. Melospiza melodia mérrilli Brewster. Merrill’s Song Sparrow. [581k.] 
Melospiza fasciata merrilli BREWSTER, Auk, XIII, Jan., 1896, 46. (Fort 
Sherman, Idaho.) 
Rance.— Northwestern United States. Breeds from Fort Sherman, Idaho, 
west and south through Washington and Oregon east of the Cascades to Shasta 
County, California; winters south to Nevada, Utah, Arizona, and Sonora. 
m. Melospiza melodia pusillula Rincway. Alameda Song Sparrow. [5811.] 
Melospiza fasciata pusillula Riweway, Auk, XVI, Jan., 1899, 35. (Ala- 
meda Co., California.) 
RaNnGE.— Salt marshes on south side of San Francisco Bay, California. 
