148 THE KADIAK FOX SPAkR%)\\ . 



tiitkiif' pi'rly ti'tWy ti'/7/iV willic 'urcic (dim. »" saiil one: "Niggle, jiggle, eet 

 eet eet eer oor," aiiotlicr. "CVit- zvilly 'willy 7vill\ cite quill" ; "Lee lee lee 

 quilly willy willy," and other sudi, came with full force an<l freshness at a 

 luinrlred yards to tiie listeners i»n tlie back i>orch at Longmires. 



When studied in the swam]), tiie Lincoln Finches were found to l>e 

 more reluctant than Song Sparrows to exjxjse themselves, but f)ne pair, 

 anxious for their young, sat out against a clear sky again and again. The 

 bird was seen occasionally to erect its crown feathers in in(|uiry or excite- 

 ment, as do Chipping Sparrow, Xuttall Sparrow, et al. A Yellow Warbler, 

 stumbling into tiie manorial bush, was set upon furiously; but she made off 

 pliilosopliically, knowing that her punishment was after the accejUed code. 

 A Rusty Song Sparrow, hctwever, was allowed to sit fpiietly at a foot's 

 remove, not, apparently, liecause he was so much bigger, nor even because 

 nearer of kin. but rather because of common jjarental anxiety. The contrast 

 here was instructive; the Lincoln Sparrow being not only smaller but more 

 lightlv colored and with a shar])-cul streakiness of plumage. A comparison 

 of many examples showed the similarity of head pattern between the two 

 Sparrows to be very noticeable, while the huffy tinge of the Lincoln's breast 

 would a])pear to be one of its least constant marks. 



.\u alleged sub-species, Forbush's Sparrow. M. I. striata. "Similar to 

 .1/. liiicoliii but superciliary slri])es antl upperparts more strongly olivaceous, 

 and dark streaks es])ecially on back and upper tail-coverts, coarser, blacker, 

 and more numerous," has been ascribed to British Columbia and western 

 Washington, but the material at hand is meager and inconclusive, and the 

 proposed form has been passed upon adversely by Ridg\vay. 



No. ()o. 

 KA1)I.\K lOX SI>\RR()W. 



.■\. O. V. \i>. 5S5 a ( part ). I'asseiclla iliaca insiilaris Ridgway. 



\Dcscripiioii of Passcrella iliaca uiialaschciisis ( Shumagin Fox Si)arrow). — 

 Adults: 'Tileuni and hindneck brownish gray or grayish brown (nearly hair 

 brown) passing into clear gray (mouse gray or smoke gray I nn superciliary 

 region aiul sides of neck ; auricular region brownish gray, with narrow and indis- 

 tinct shaft streaks of whitish ; back, scapulars, ami rump i)lain hair brown ; greater 

 wing-coverts, lertials and njipcr tail-cnvcrts rhill cituiainon brown, tiic rest of 

 wings intermediate between the last named color and color of back, except edges 

 of outermost primaries, which are ]>ale hair brown ; underparts white, tlic fore- 

 neck, sides of throat (snbnialar region), chest, and sides of breast marked with 

 triangular spots of deep grayish brown or drab; the flanks broadly streaked or 

 striped with the same (both sides and flanks mostly grayish brown laterally): 



