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g. Melospiza melodia rufina (BONAPARTE). Sooty Song Sparrow. [581/.] 

 Passerella rufina BONAPARTE, Consp. Avium, I, 1850, 477. (Sitka, 

 Alaska.) 



RANGE. Alaska coast district. Breeds on the southern islands and coast 

 from Cross Sound and Glacier Bay to Dixon Entrance ; winters south to coast 

 of British Columbia, Vancouver Island, and the Olympic Mountains of Wash- 

 ington. 



h. Melospiza melodia rivul&ris W. BRYANT. Brown's Song Sparrow. [5810. ] 

 Melospiza fasdata rivularis BRYANT, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 2, I, 

 Sept. 29, 1888, 197. (Comondu, Lower California.) 



RANGE. South central Lower California (San Ignacio to Comondu). 



,'. Melospiza melodia graminea C. H. TOWNSEND. Santa Barbara Song 



Sparrow. [581 h.] 



Melospiza fasciata graminea TOWNSEND, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XIII, 

 1890, 139. (Santa Barbara Island, California.) 



RANGE. Santa Barbara and Santa Cruz islands, California. 



j. Melospiza melodia clementae C. H. TOWNSEND. San Clemente Song 



Sparrow. [581 1] 



Melospiza fasciata clementce TOWNSEND, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XIII, 

 1890, 139. (San Clemente Island, California.) 



RANGE. San Clemente, San Miguel, and Santa Rosa islands, California, 

 and Coronados Islands, Lower California. 



/.-. Melospiza melodia juddi BISHOP. Dakota Song Sparrow. [581;.] 



Melospiza fasciata juddi BISHOP, Auk, XIII, April, 1896, 132. (Rock 

 Lake, Towner Co., North Dakota.) 



RANGE. Southwestern Saskatchewan to Turtle Mountains, North Dakota. 



{. Melospiza melodia me*rrilli BREWSTER. Merrill's Song Sparrow. [581fc.] 



Melospiza fasciata merrilli BREWSTER, Auk, XIII, Jan., 1896, 46. (Fort 

 Sherman, Idaho.) 



RANGE. Northwestern United States. Breeds from Fort Sherman, Idaho, 

 west and south through Washington and Oregon east of the Cascades to Shasta 

 County, California ; winters south to Nevada, Utah, Arizona, and Sonora. 



m. Melospiza melodia pusfllula RIDGWAY. Alameda Song Sparrow. [581 1] 

 Melospiza fasciata pusillula RIDGWAY, Auk, XVI, Jan., 1899, 35. (Ala- 

 meda Co., California.) 



RANGE. Salt marshes on south side of San Francisco Bay, California. 



