FKINUILLIOJ-: — TUl'J KINCMIKS. jg 



b, Stroaks, above and bolow, not sharply (Iclincd, and witliout black 

 UK'dially. 



Above rufos(.'niit-olivo, tlio darker sliado-s castaiiuoiis ; streaks be- 

 neath caslaiieous-nifous. WiiifT, 2.(i0; tail, 2.^0; bill, .35 and .23. 

 Hah. I'aeilic Province from British Columbia, .southward . var. t/nlhtta. 



Above seiiia-phnnbeous, the darker shades lidiirinoMS-sepia ; 

 streaks beneath fuli^dnons-sepia. Winj;, 3.(11); tail, 3.tH); bill, .41 

 and .2."). Huh. I'acilio Province from IJriti.sh Columbia northward. 



var. r ufi n a . 

 Above iilnnd)eons, the darker inarkinfrs dull reddish-se])ia in 

 winter, (;love-brown in summer; streaks beneath castaneous-rnl'oiis 

 in winter, dull scjjia in sunmier. Wing, 3.40; tail, .3.0(1; bill, ..50 

 and .30. Jfiib. Pacific eoivst of Ala.ska (Ivodiak, etc.) . var. insiynts. 



2. M. llutiolni. White of the lower parts intiM'rutped by u broad peclural 

 band of butf; streaks on the jn,i;idnm, etc., narrow linear. A vertex and 

 superciliary stripe of a.«hy ; a maxillary one of buff. Wing, 2. CO ; tail, 2.40 ; 

 bill, .30 and .2.5. Hah. Whole of North America ; south, in winter, to 

 Panama. 



B. Lower parts without stroaks (except in younj,'.) 



3. M. paluBtria. Jugulum and nape tinged with ashy ; outer surface of 

 wings bright casiaiieous, in strong conti.st with the olivaceous of the back; 

 dorsal stroaks broad, black, without rufous (!xtciiially ; a snpeieiliary and 

 maxillary stripe of ashy. f. Crown uniform chestnut, forehead black. ?. 

 Crown similar, but divided by an indistinct ashy stripe, and more or less 

 streaked with black (autumnal or winter J similar). ,/'/('. Head, back, 

 and jnguhnn streaked with black on a yellowish-white ground; black pre- 

 vailing on the crown. Hub. Eastern Province of North America. 



Uelospiza melodia, Baird. 



SONG SPABROW. 



Fringilla melodia, Wilson, Am. Oni. II, 1810, 125, pi. xvi, f. 4. — Licnr. Vorz. 1823, 

 No. 2t!t. — Ari). Oru. Hiog. I, 18^2, 12(i ; V, mi, pi. 2r.. — In. Syii. 1839, 120.— 

 111. liinlsAiii. HI, 1841, 147, pi. dxxxi.K. -- Max. Cab. ,T. VI, 18.')8, 27r>. Xonntriclda 

 mrlotliu, Hon. List, 1838. — III. Coiispictus, IS.'ill, 478. N Fi-iiii/illd /nsriiifu, Omi'.i,i\, 

 Sy.st. Nat. I, 1788, 022. — \rrr.\u,, Man. I, (2d cd.,) 1840, r.r.2. ) i Fn,i<i!lhi 

 hijnnnUs, (!mi:i.in, Syst. Nat. I, 1788, 022. Mrlo^pha mchdiu, Uaiiid, liirds N. Am. 

 18.';S, 477. — Samtkls, 321. 



Sp. CiiAit. General tint of upjier parts rufous and distinctlj- streaked with rufous-brown, 

 dark-brown, and ashy-gray. The crown is rufous, with a. "superciliary and median striiio of 

 dull gray, the former lighter; nearly white anteriorly, where it sometimes has a faint 

 shade of yellow, principally in antunin ; each feather of the crown with a narrow streak 

 of black forming about six narrow lines. Inter.scapulars black in the centre, then rufous, 

 then pale grayi.sh on the margin, these three colors on each feather very sharply con- 

 trasted. Kunip grayer than upper tail-coverts, both with obsolete dark streaks. There is 



middin toe without claw, .68. This may iio.^aibly ue the J/, jurtontli^ of von Miiller. The de- 

 .scriptioii cited abovp, however, does not agive with the specimen under consideration. The pec- 

 toral s|)0ta are exjiicssly stated to be brown, not cvvn a blaek slmft-stivak being mentioned, 

 whereas the pure bliiek spots of the siieeiiuen before us render it peculiar in this respect, being, 

 iu fact, its chief churucturistiu. 



