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681. Melospiza fasciata (Gmel.). 



Song Sparrow. 



Fringilla fasciata Gmel. S. N. I. ii. 1788, 922. 

 Melospiza fasciata Scott, Am. Nat. X. 1876, 18. 

 [B 363, C 169, R 231, C 244.] 

 Geog. Dist. — Eastern United States to the Plains, breeding from 

 Virginia and the southern portion of the Lake States northward to 

 the Fur Countries. 



581 a. Melospiza fasciata fall ax (Baird). 



Desert Song Sparro-w. 



Zonotrichia fallax Baird, Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. June, 1854, 119 



(nee Melospiza fallax auctorum plurimorum !). 

 Melospiza fas data fallax Hensh. Auk, I. July, 1884, 224. 

 [B 367, C i6()a^ part, R 22,iaj part, C 245,/^/-/.] 

 Geog. Dist. — Parts of New Mexico, Arizona, southern Nevada, 

 and southwestern Utah. 



581 b. Melospiza fasciata montana Hensh. 



Mountain Song Sparrow. 



Melospiza fasciata montana Henshaw, Auk, I.July, 1884, 224. 

 [B — , C i6(^a,partj R 22,1a, part, C 245, /^rA] 

 Geog. Dist. — Northern Mexico, mountains of New Mexico, Colo- 

 rado, Utah, Nevada, and northward. 



581 <:. Melospiza fasciata heermanni (Baird). 



Heerman's Song Sparrovsr. 



Melospiza heermanni Baird, B. N. Am. 1858, 478. 

 Melospiza fasciata 8. heermanni Ridgw. Bull. Nutt. Orn. CI. III. 

 April, 1878, 66. 



[B 364, C 169^, R 231/^, C 248.] 

 Geog. Dist. — California, east into western Nevada. 



581 d. Melospiza fasciata samuelis (Baird). 



Samuels's Song Sparrow. 



Ammodromus samuelis Baird, B. N. Am. 1858, 455. 

 Melospiza fasciata samuelis Ridgw. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. III. Mar. 

 1880, 3. 



