30 NORTH AMEIIICAN'UIUDS. 



of ciislnnoous. Tlio whito beneath iiuicli tiiiguil with nsliy; jiiguliiiii-.iiiots blciidt'd, nnd 

 of II si'[)i.i-lin>\vii tint. Wing, .'i.ni) ; tail, .'i.dO; liiU .11 iVoiii nostril, ami .'i.'j dui'i) at ba-^o. 

 Hah. Xoilliwest coust. from British Cnlnnibia iidilliward. (>^ilkii.) 



Tlie altovo cliamctors are thoso of u luiyo nurics of .speoimoiis from Sitka, 

 and a few points along the coust In iIrs Huuthwuid and nuitliward, and 

 loproscnt tlie avcnioo fciitiire.s of a race wliicli is intorinediato iKitwonii 

 (jnUtita and insi(jiii!<, in appuaranui! as well as in lial)itat. Tracing this 

 variety toward the Coliinihia IJiver, it grachially passes into tiio former, and 

 nortliward into tlio latter. 



AVo have no distinctive information relative to the habits of this race. 



Melospiza melodia, var. insignis, Baird. 



XOOIAK SOKG 8FABB0W. 



f Friiiitilla ciiiirca, Gmki.is, 1, 1788, 1)22 (bo-sril on Cincivous Finch, LATir. II, 274). — 

 I'kn.v. Ai<;. Zotil. II, 08 (IJnala.schkii). Enihi.fha eincrra, HoNAi'. ('(insi). ]8ri0, 478. 

 ^fl■l(lS|riza tiisiijiiU, MaiiiI), Tians. C.'hicaf^o Aiail. I, ii, 18(iP, ]). ;!!!•, pi. .\xix, lig. 2. — 

 Dai.i, & Manmstki!, do, 11. 28.-.. — FiNsuii, Alili. Nat. Ill, 1872, 44 (Kodiak). 



Pp. CnAii. Siuiimer plumage (52,477 $, Kodiak, May 24, 1808). Above biownisli- 

 ])lnnibi'(insj outer surface of wings somewhat more brown, the greater cov(!rt.s slightly 

 rufe.sccnt. Interscaiiulars wilh medial broad bnt ob.solete streaks of sejiia-ljrown ; crown 

 and upper tail-coverts wilh more sharply defuuMl and narrower dusky .shaft-streaks. 

 Crown without medial light line. Iteneath grayish-while, inneli obscured Ijy browni.sli- 

 ])lumhcous laterally. A whitish supraloral space, bnt no appreciable superciliary stripe ; a 

 whilisli maxillary stripe; beneath it an irregular one of du.sky .sepia; irregular streaks of 

 dark grizzly-scpia on breast and along sides, blended into a broad crescent across tho 

 jngulmn. Wing, .'i..'}!); tail, o.oO ; bill, .48 from nostril, .28 deep at base, and .21 in tho 

 middle, the middle of the culmen being much depiesseJ, its extremity rather abruptly 

 deeurved. 



Aiihnnnal pluniiKje (00,102, Kodiak, received from Dr. J. F. Brandt). Differs very 

 remarkably in appearance from the preceding. The pattern of coloration is everywhere 

 ])lainly plotted, there being a distinct vertical an<l .sluirply defined superciliary stripe. 

 Ground-color above ashy, somewhat overlaid by rusty, except on the sides of the neck. 

 Whole crown, outer surface of wings, iind dorsal streaks, rusty rufous; l)lnck streaks on 

 erown and npi)er tail-coverts obsolete. Beneath pure white medially, tho markings rusty 

 rufous. Wing, 3.30; tail, 3.00 ; bill, .47 and .30. 



Had. Kodiak and Tlnalaschka. 



This race represents the extreme extent of variation in the species, and it 

 would be diliiciilt for a species to proceed farther from the nornuil standard; 

 iniieed, the present bird is so dilferent even in form, especially of bill, from 

 mclodui, that, were it not for the perfect series connecting them, few natural- 

 ists would hesitate to place them in different genera. 



H.vBiTS. No inforniation has so far been jaiblished in reference to the 

 nesting of this Sj^arrow, or of any jieculiar habits. 



