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CHECK LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



245. Melospiza fasciata fallax (Bd.) Ridg. B 367. c icoa. r 23ia. 



Gray Song Sparrow. 



246. Melospiza fasciata guttata (Nutt.) Ridg. B — . c iCDfc. R 23id. 



Oregon Song Spa'^row. 



247. Melospiza fasciata rufina (Brandt) Ridg. B 3C0. c icjc r 23ie. 



Rufous Song Sparrow. 



248. Melospiza fasciata heermanni (Bd.) Ridg. B 304. c icorf. R 2316. 



Heermann's Song Sparrow. 



249. Melospiza fasciata samuelis ( Bd.) Ridg. B 343, 3C5. c icoe. R 23ic. 



Samuels' Song Sparrow. 



250. Melospiza cinerea (Gni.) Ridg. b — . c igo/. r 232. 



BischoflT' s Song Sparrow. 



251. Peucaea aestivalis (Lidit.) Cab. B 370. c 170. R 226. 



Bachman's Summer Finch. 



252. Peucaea aestivalis illinoensis Ridg. b — . c — . r 226a. 



Illinois Summer Finch. 



253. Peucaea aestivalis arizonae Ridg. b — . c i70a. r 227. 



Arizona Summer Finch. 



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245. M. f. fal'-lax. Lsit. fallax, false, fallacious, deceitful ; in allusion to the perplexity attend- 



ing tlie attempt to distinfjuisli it specifically from M./asciuta. 



246. M. f. gut-ta'-t5. Lat. (/uHa/iis, spotted ; (/HMa, a drop. 



247. M. f. ru-fi'-na. Lat. riifiis, reddish, of which riijinus is an arbitrary form. 



248. M. f. heer'-man-ni. To Dr. A. L. Heermann, of riiiladclphia, sometime naturalist of the 



Pacific R. It. Survey. 



249. M. f. sSm-Q-e'-lIs. To E. Samuels. Samuelis is more euphonic than the usual form 



samiielsi would be. 



This is M. gouldii of the first ed. of the Check List, the name now adopted hav-ng 

 priority. 



250. M. cIn-6r'-6-Gs. Lat. cinerciis, ashy(-colored) : from clnis, genitive cincris, ash. So cin- 



der, in-c/«-erate, &c. 



This is M. iiisiijnis Bd. of the first ed. of tlie Clieck List. As Ridgway has shown 

 (Pr. Nat. . !us., ii, 1880, p. S) the "Cinereus Fincli" of Pennant, on whicii Gmelin named 

 a Frinffilla cinerea, from Unalaslika, is this bird. 



251. Peu-cae'-5 aes-tt-va'-lls. Gr. wcvK'fi, a pine; supposed to be from itukoi, to prick, in allu- 



sion to the " needles " of this tree. Lat. astivtilis = cestivus, pertaining to summer ; 

 a'stiis, summer. 



252. P. a. fl-lI-nfi-Sn'-sIs. To the State of Illinois, with the termination -ensis, indicating 



locality. Illinois is the French corruption of the name by which the aborigines called 

 themselves — Illini, "the men." 



Not in the orig. ed. of the Check List ; since described by Ridgway, Bull. Nutt. Club, 

 iv, 1870, p. 21!). 



253. P. a. 5-rI-zo'-naS. To the Territory of Arizona. Arizona is probably a corruption of 



Orazona, the significance of which is unknown ; but it may be observed tliat zona is tlie 

 word in the Opata language for the fruit of the mezeal, a characteristic product of the 

 region. 



