Vol. XVIII 

 1901 



J Allen, Recently Described North American Birds. 17^ 



" Type, from Dunedin, Hillsboro Co., Florida. 



" Subspecijic characters. — Size, much less than in true 5'. magna, tliough 

 the proportions remain about the same; yellow of under parts more 

 intense ; upper parts much darker in color, the central areas of feathers 

 being much greater in extent and the light edges much less; tail and 

 wings darker, the barring on middle rectrices, and on secondaries, tertials 

 and wing-coverts, much wider and more pronounced. The general effects 

 produced by these differences are, in 5. magna magna, a larger bird with 

 paler yellow under parts and a lighter brown back ; in 5". magna argutula 

 a small bird with deeper yellow under parts and a very dark brown back. 



'■'■Size. — Type, $ adult: wing, 113.4; tail, 72.6; tarsus, 41.2; exposed 

 culmen, 35 mm. Topotype, No. 226, $ adult: wing 100.2; tail, 68; 

 tarsus, 36; exposed culmen, 28. 6 mm." 



Geographical Distribution. — »S. magna argutula reaches " its extreme 

 differentiation in peninsular Florida," but "extends along the Gulf coast 

 to Louisiana, and thence up the Mississippi Valley to Indiana and Illinois." 



Leucosticte kadiaka McGregor. 



L,eucosticte kadiaka McGregor, Condor, III, Jan. 1901, 8. Separates 

 issued Nov. 25, 1900. 



" Spec. char. — Similar to Leucosticte griseonucha but with smaller bill 

 and smaller, weaker feet and claws." 



Type locality, Karluk, Kadiak Island, Alaska. Known only from 

 Kadiak Island. 



Melospiza melodia cleonensis McGregor. 



Mendocino Song Sparrow. 



Melospiza melodia cleo?iensis McGregor, Bull. Cooper Orn. Club, I, 

 Sept.-Oct., 1899, 87. 



'^ Subsp. char. — Size of Af. m. samuelis but lighter and more rusty; 

 black markings of back more restricted; spots of breast broadly edged 

 with rusty ; black on side of head and neck entirely replaced by rusty 

 reddish brown." 



Type locality, Westport, Mendocino Co., California. 



Range, " Coast of Mendocino County." 



Melospiza sanaka McGregor. 



Melospiza sanaka McGregor, Condor, III, Jan. 1901, 8. Separates 

 issued Nov. 25, 1900. 



