3ZO4 Tenth Supplement to the A. QO. U. CheckList. Auk 
. l July 
581. Melospiza fasciata (Gmev.). This becomes 
Melospiza melodia (\WILson), 
The name /ringitla fasciata Gmelin (1788) given to the Song 
Sparrow, being preoccupied by /ovagivla faseiata Miiller (1776), 
given to the Pine Finch (cf OpnernotserR, Auk, XVI, 1899, 183) 
it becomes necessary to revert to the long familiar name of Wil- 
son as the tenable specific designation of the Song Sparrow, 
which, with its subspecies, will stand as follows: 
ODSl. Melospiza melodia (\W1Lson),. 
Fringilla melodia Wiuson, Am, Orn, II, 1810, 125, pl. xvi. 
Melospisa melodia Bairn, B. N. Am, 1858, 477. 
d8lv. Melospiza melodia fallax (Barn). 
Zonotrichia fallax Barrp, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. 1854, 
L1O. 
Melospisa melodia var. fallax Cougs, Key, 1872, 139. 
D816. Melospiza melodia montana (IleNsHaw). 
Melospisa fasctata montana HeNsHAW, Auk, I, July, 1884, 
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Melospisa melodia montana OBERHOLSER, Auk, XVI, April, 
1899, 183. 
OSI. Melospiza melodia heermanni (Barkp). 
Melospisa heermannié Barryp, B, N, Am. 1858, 478. 
Melospisa melodia var. heermanni Cours, Key, 1872, 139. 
OSlv. Melospiza melodia samuelis (Barkp). 
Ammodramus samuelis BArRD, B. N., Am. 1858, 455. 
Melospisa melodia var, samuelis Ripew., Hist. N. Am. Bds. 
IT, 1874, 18. 
