von O17 <a Ratusun, A New Meadowlark. 69 
In the color pattern of wings and tail this new subspecies of 
Sturnella neglecta is curiously similar to Sturnella magna, but of 
course its other characteristics readily distinguish it from that 
species. This new race is of particular interest in view of the fact 
that heretofore no subspecies of Sturnella neglecta have been 
distinguished; but Sturnella neglecta confluenta is fully as well 
marked a form as the subspecies of Stwrnella magna, and practi- 
cally none of the specimens in our extensive series cause any diffi- 
culty whatever in identification. The confluence of the bars on 
the tail is probably the best subspecific character, but the general 
coloration of the upper parts makes it readily distinguishable in 
both summer and winter plumage. There is no difference in 
size. 
A specimen from Comox on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, 
in the collection of the Biological Survey of the Department of 
Agriculture, belongs undoubtedly to this race; and I have traced 
it as far south as Salem, Oregon. It possibly occurs as well farther 
south along the coast of Oregon. All breeding specimens of Stur- 
nella neglecta from east of the Cascades prove to belong to the 
typical race, so that its limit of distribution eastward is fairly 
presumed to be this range of mountains. 
The type of Sturnella neglecta! was obtained by Audubon at old 
Fort Union, North Dakota, and birds from the Great Plains region 
have been considered as typical in our comparisons. All names 
applied to this species pertain without doubt to the interior form, 
which is typical Sturnella neglecta neglecta, and therefore the race 
from the northwestern coast of the United States here distinguished 
is entitled to a new name as above given. 
I am indebted to the kindness of Mr. J. M. Edson, of Belling- 
ham, Washington, and to the University of Washington, for the 
loan of some of the specimens used in the preparation of this 
paper, and I wish here to express my sincere thanks for their 
courtesy. 
Thirty specimens of Sturnella neglecta confluenta have been exam- 
ined from the following localities: 
British Columbia — Comox. 
1 Audubon, Birds Amer., oct. ed., VII, 1843, p. 339, plate 489. 
