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1917 
curvirostra stricklandi, and some of its specimens are troublesome 
to distinguish with certainty, most individuals are without difficulty 
determinable. In view of these facts it seems desirable to recognize 
Loxia curvirostra bendiret as an additional race. Detailed measure- 
ments of all three American forms of this species can be found in 
Mr. Ridgway’s “Birds of North and Middle America.” ! The 
geographic distribution of Loxia curvirostra bendirei as now made 
out is as follows: 
Breeds in the mountains of the western United States, north to 
Wyoming and Montana; west to Oregon and California; south to 
southern California and northern New Mexico; and east to Colo- 
rado. Migrates east to eastern Nebraska, Kansas, and central 
Texas; west to the coast of southern California; and casually to 
Guadalupe Island, Lower California. 
Passer hostilis Kleinschmidt. 
The British form of Passer domesticus, with which the birds from 
the United States are identical, was recently described by Klein- 
schmidt as Passer hostilis.2 Notwithstanding the fact that 
Kleinschmidt used a binomial designation he really intended to 
describe the British bird as a subspecies of the typical continental 
form, as may readily be seen by consulting his remarks. Further- 
more, the difference between the two forms is not a constant one, 
being merely a matter of the average smaller size of the British 
bird. The proper designation of the British and consequently the 
North American bird is, therefore, Passer domesticus hostilis. In 
view of this recent development, the name “English” Sparrow, by 
which this bird is commonly known in the United States, is not 
such a misnomer after all. 
1 Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 50, part I, 1901, pp. 47-52. 
2 Falco, XI, No. 2, December, 1915, p. 19 (type locality, Tring, England). 
