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another; and it is extremely porous. Yet there is a moderate 
‘firmness about the whole structure. 
The second nest was found by Miss Alexander at Northeast 
Bay, Hinchinbrook Island, July 3, and held five eggs. The 
nest was located in the inner edge of a fringe of beach grass 
erowing around a sand-spit. In structure and materials this 
nest is similar to that first described. 
The eges of the Kenai song sparrow are colored as in common 
types of those of the Santa Cruz, San Diego, and eastern sub- 
species. Although a dark-colored bird, its eggs appear to be 
no more heavily blotched than those of its paler relatives. Their 
immense size, however, distinguishes them from those of all the 
southern races. The measurements of the two sets of kenaiensis 
are as) follows: 23)< 1621-7 SClar8s 2k 9 el Gale lee saallonale 
23:6 XDA, 23) XB S233 ee aliinee alt See eID) 
ical egg of Melospiza melodia cooperi from Los Angeles County, 
California, is 19.8 < 15.7. 
Melospiza lincolni gracilis (Kittlitz). Forbush Sparrow. 
Miss Alexander discovered the Forbush sparrow at the head 
of Cordova Bay, June 10 to 13, where she secured five skins 
(nos. 1399-1403) and a nest with eggs. The birds were occu- 
pying the upper end of the tide flat, where they found cover in 
the low, stiff, willow-lke brush that skirted the sloughs. The 
specimens obtained are characterized by the peculiar rusty tinge 
already described as discoloring the plumages of the phalaropes 
and loons living in the same loeality. This adventitious tinge 
varies in intensity, and appears to be confined to the lower sur- 
face, the whiteness of which is thus obscured. 
The species was found only once again, when Heller caught 
one in a mammal trap at Valdez Narrows, September 18 (no. 
1404). This specimen is in fresh, clean, winter plumage. Ap- 
parently this sparrow does not oceur on any of the islands of 
the Sound. 
The six specimens are all slightly larger than the average 
gracilis from the Sitkan district, and thus show an approach 
toward lincolni. But they are broadly streaked, especially dor- 
sally, and in other points of coloration agree very closely, if not 
precisely, with gracilis. 
