1909] Grinnell—-Three New California Song Sparrows. 267 
laris with M.m. heermanni. The huge, lateral bulbosities of the 
maxilla alone render M.m. mavillaris a unique race among the 
song sparrows so far deseribed. It is proper here to state that 
the recognition of a form (heermanni) from the Tejon region 
does not invalidate the M.m. cooperi from the San Diego district. 
In fact, to the best of my knowledge, there are so far no pure 
synonyms in the nomenclature of California song sparrows. 
Melospiza melodia gouldii Baird, (revived name) new sub- 
species. Marin Song Sparrow. 
TypE.—Sex not recorded, but with scarcely any doubt female ; 
no. 8053, U. S. Nat. Mus.; ““California’’; “‘J. Gould.’ 
CHARACTERS.—Resembles Melospiza melodia mazxillaris most 
closely in coloration, but size very mueh less; like M.m. samuelis 
(topotypes from salt marshes near Petaluma) and M.m. cleo- 
nensis (topotypes from Westport, Mendocino County) in size, 
but decidedly browner than the former, and with much broader 
black-streaking than in the latter; differs from M.m. santaecrucis 
(type and topotypes from Palo Alto, Santa Clara County) in 
smaller bill and darker coloration. Measurements of type of 
M.m. gouldii (probably 9) : wing, 55.9 mm.; tail, 56; tarsus, 18.8; 
eulmen, 10.7; bill from nostril, 8.2; depth of bill (estimated), 
6.1. Measurements of selected male (no. 7230, Univ. Calif. 
Mus. Vert. Zool.; Point Reyes, 5 miles west of Inverness, Marin 
County; March 1, 1909; W. P. Taylor) : wing, 62.4; tail, 63.8; 
tarsus, 20.8; culmen, 10.9; bill from nostril, 8.3; depth of bill, 6.4. 
RANGE. 
Permanently resident on fresh-water streams and 
upland marshes of Marin and Sonoma counties; the form is most 
typically represented in the vicinity of Point Reyes, less so along 
the stream courses emptying into San Francisco Bay, where its 
range meets that of M.m. samuelis at the edges of the salt 
marshes. While song sparrows probably occur on suitable 
ground almost continuously up the California coast to the north- 
ward, we have as yet no material showing intergradation with 
M.m. cleonensis. 
REMARKS.—Baird’s description of his Melospiza gouldii was 
based solely upon the type. This specimen I have been privil- 
eged to examine by the officials of the National Museum. It is 
