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mexicana from which it differs also in being decidedly lighter and 

 more rusty rufous on borders of feathers on entire dorsal surface, 

 including wings. On sides of head the dark markings are suffused with 

 rusty brown and the white markings have a slight wash of pale buffy. 

 Dimensions of type. — Wing, 67; tail, 64; culmen, it; tarsus, 23. 



Remarks. — The young in first plumage are readily distin- 

 guished from those of mexicana by being more rufous above, 

 more buffy below and by the restriction of black shaft markings 

 below, mainly to breast and sides of neck, leaving the rest of under 

 surface almost unmarked buffy whitish. This form is based on 

 two adults and one young of the year. 



Melospiza goldmani, sp. nov. 

 Goldman's Song Sparrow. 



Type, No. 159182, $ ad., U. S. Nat. Mus., Biol. Survey Coll. El Salto, 

 Durango, Mexico. Collected July 17, 189S by E. W. Nelson and E. A. 

 Goldman. 



Distribution. — Sierra Madre Mts., western Durango, Mexico. 



Specific characters. — This species is considerably larger and grayer 

 than either M. mexicana or M. adusta. 



Color. — Feathers on top of head and nape dull vandyke brown with 

 narrow shaft lines of black, and dull grayish edges on crown; feathers 

 on shoulders and fore part of back brighter vandyke brown with narrow 

 black shaft streaks and grayish edges ; rump and upper tail-coverts dingy 

 vandyke brown, slightly more rufous on coverts. Wing-coverts like mid- 

 dle of back without gray edges to feathers ; rufous on secondary coverts 

 brighter than on back; quills clove brown edged with dull vandyke 

 brown; tail clove brown washed externally with dull rufous brown. 

 Superciliary stripe ashy white; postocular and malar stripes, and streaks 

 on ashy whitish cheeks and ear coverts, dark rufous brown. Throat and 

 middle of abdomen whitish; sides of breast and sides of neck with small 

 shaft spots of blackish, washed with dark rufous brown. Feathers on 

 flanks dingy rufous brown edged with dull grayish brown. 



Dimensions of type. — Wing, 75 ; tail, 77; culmen, 12 ; tarsus, 23. 



Remarks. — The young are paler or grayer on dorsal surface 

 than M. mexicana and much lighter and less heavily streaked 

 below. This form is based on 2 adults and one young compared 

 with a series of over 20 specimens of M. mexicana. 



