Vol i ' 8 XVI "l Ridgway, Nexv Species of American Birds. ? £T 



Closely allied to cceruleus, but apparently a distinct species. 

 Cyanerpes nitidus {Harilaub). 



Coereba nitida Hartlaub, Rev. Zool., 1847, 84. 

 Arbelorhina nitida Cabanis, Mus. Hein., 1S50, I, 96. 

 Geog. Dist. — Province of Amazonas, in Brazil; northeastern Peru, 

 eastern Ecuador, and southeastern Colombia to Bogota. 



The writer is under obligations to the authorities of the National 

 Museum and of the American Museum of Natural History, for 

 the use of the specimens upon which this paper has been based. 



NEW SPECIES, ETC., OF AMERICAN BIRDS. — III. 

 FRINGILLID^E (Continued) 1 . 



BY RORERT RIDGWAY. 



Curatoi of the Division of Birds, U, S. National Museum. 



(By permission of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.) 



Melospiza fasciata cooperi. San Diego Song Sparrow. 



Similar to M. f. heermanni but slightly smaller and coloration much 

 lighter and grayer; prevailing color of back, etc., grayish olive, the back 

 broadly streaked with black, these streaks with little if any rusty edging. 



Adult ?nale: wing, 2.30-2.66 (2.48); tail, 2.19-2.68 (2.49); exposed cul- 

 men, 0.44-0 52 (0.48); depth of bill at base, 0.29-0.31 (0.29); tarsus, 0.80— 

 0.89 (0.86). J 



Type, No. /1895, U. S. Nat. Mus., aciult, San Diego. California, April 

 18, 1S62; T>/. J. G. Cooper. 



Range. — Southern coast district of California (north to Monterey 

 Bay, east to Ft. Tejon, San Bernardino, etc.) and northern Pacific coast 

 of Lower California (south to San Quentin Bay). 



Melospiza fasciata pusillula. Salt Marsh Song Sparrow. 



Similar to M.f. samuelis but still smaller, the wings and tail especially ; 

 coloration much less rusty (more olivaceous) above, with superciliary 

 stripe and under parts more or less tinged with yellowish, the latter 



1 Part II was published in ' The Auk ' for October, 1898 (pp. 319-324). 



