^°i89s^^] Richmond, Bischoff's Song Sparrow. 140 



In the synonomy which follows, I have placed three references 

 to Emheriza imalaschccnsis under AI. dnerea, for the following 

 reasons : our specimens collected by Brandt are both labeled 

 '■'■ Eniberiza /^^rt^/ai^r/z/Cw/^zV," presumably by Brandt himself. Dr. 

 Finsch/ in an explanation of the unpublished plates of Brandt's 

 ' Descriptiones et Icones Animalium Rossicorum Novorum,' 

 writes "Tab. II, f. 4, Emberiza imalaschccnsis ist Melospiza cinerea, 

 Gmel. — Unalaschka." It appears that Brandt referred to 

 Melospiza cincrea under this name, instead of to Passerella iliaca 

 unalaschcensis (Gmel.). The reference to Brandt's posthumous 

 paper, edited by Schalow- doubtless also belongs here. 



Melospiza insignis Baird. 



Melospiza iusioiiis Baikd. Trans. Chicago Acad. I, 1869, p. 319, pi. 29, 

 fig. 2. [Kadiak.] — D.\ll. & B.\nn., Trans. Chicago Acad. I, 1869, p. 281;. 



— .? FiN.scH, Abhandl. Nat. Ver. Brem. Ill, 1872, p. 44. [Alexandrov.sk.] — 

 Hensh. Bull. N. O.. C. IV, 1879, p. 159 (part). 



Zonotrichia {Afelospiza) uisig-nis Gr.\y, Hand-List Bds. II. 1870, p. 94, 

 no. 7392. 



Melospiza iiiclodta var. insrg'iiis Coi'Es, Key N. A. Bds. 1872, p. 140. — 

 Baird, Brew. & Rincw. Hist. N. A. Bds. II. 1874, p. 30, pi. 27, fig. 8 

 (part). 



Melospiza iiielodia h. insignis C(iUEs, Bds. N. W. 1874, p. 139 (part). 



Melospiza cinerea Ridgw. Proc. U. S. N. M. Ill, 1880, pp. 3, 180 (part). 



— CouES, Check-List, 1882, p. 54 (part). — Bean, Proc. U. S. N. M. V. 

 1SS2, pp. 154,172 (part). — Nelson, Cruise 'Corwin,' 1883, p. 72 (part). 



— CouES. Key N. A. Bds. 2nd ed. 1884. p. 372 (part). — A. O. U. Check- 

 List, 1886, p. 281 (part).— Turner, Contr. N. H. Alaska, 1886, pp. 174, 

 194 (part). — Nelson, Rept. N. H. Alaska, 1S87, p. 193 (part). — Ridgw. 

 Man. N. A. Bds. 1887. p. 432 (part).— Sharpe, Cat. Bds. B. M. .XH, 188S. 

 p. 707 (part). — RtDcw. Proc. U. S. N. M. XVI, 1893, p. 664. 



Melospiza cinerea ( Gnielin). 



Cinereous Finch Lath. Syn. Bds. \\. pt. I, 17S3, p. 274. [L'nalaska.] ^ — 

 Penn. Arct. Zool. II. 1785, p. 37S. 



Fringilla cinerea Gmel. Syst. Nat. I, 1788, p. 922. — L.\th. Ind. Orn. I. 

 1790, p. 445. 



' Abhandl. Nat. Ver. Bremen, III, 1872, p. 20. 

 ^ Journ. f. Orn.. 1891, p. 256. 



