1909] The 1907 Alexander Alaska Expedition. 231 
song sparrow was collected by Stephens at Hooniah, Chichagof 
Island, June 23. It was situated one foot above the ground 
among dead and living grass under a fallen tree top, just above 
high-tide line on the beach. The nest is a rather bulky affair, 
with outside measurements 170 mm. across, by 85 high. The 
inner cavity is 67 mm. by 43 mm. The main constituent material 
is dried stems and broad blades of grass. The cavity is lined 
with fine round grasses. The eges measure: 20.5 & 15.6, 21.4 
16.2, 22.7 & 16.5, 20.9 * 15.6. These have a distinct pale nile 
blue ground color, coarsely and closely blotched and dotted with 
brick red, vinaceous, and pale lavender. The markines are most 
crowded at the large ends. These eges are thus identical in 
color with certain types of the eges of Melospiza melodia cooperi, 
santaecrucis and heermanni, but are decidedly larger. 
Melospiza lincolnii gracilis (Kittlitz). Forbush Sparrow. 
The series of six adults and six juvenals, one from Helm Bay 
(No. 276), eight from Chichagof Island (Nos. 374-380, 391), 
and three from Baranof Island (Nos. 381-383), are all typical 
of this form which seems to be restricted during the breeding 
season to the Sitkan District. (See Grinnell, Auk XXT, April, 
1904, pages 274-276.) The juvenals are fully as distinct as are 
the adults, both as to size and tone of coloration. As compared 
with juvenals of lincolnii, the same plumage of gracilis shows 
much broader and clearer black-streaking especially dorsally ; in 
fact the top of the head is mostly black. The ground color, too, 
is more of a tawny ochraceous, instead of clay color. For the 
reasons for replacing Brewster’s name striata with gracilis of 
Kittlitz (which seem to me valid), see Oberholser, Proc. Biol. 
Soe. Wash. XIX, 1906, page 42. ; 
This sparrow was detected at but few points. On Chichagof 
Island it was not uncommon along the edge of the timber near 
the river at Hooniah, June 21 to 27, where it was breeding. 
Littlejohn found a nest there June 26, in the moss on the side 
of a fallen, half-buried log just above high-water mark. It was 
well concealed by overhanging vegetation. The nest was located 
by watching the female parent feed the five young which were 
