PASSEKES— FE1NG1LL1DAE— M. MELODIA VAE. FALLAX. 281 



MELOSPIZA MELODIA (Wils.), var. FALLAX, Bd. 

 Western Song Sparrow. 



Zonotrichia fallax, Bd., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., vii, June, 1854, 119 (Pueblo 



Creek, New Mexico). 

 Melospiza fallax, Xantus, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pbila., 1859, 192 (Fort Tejon, Cal.)— 



Kennerly, P. B. E. Pep., "Whipple's Route, 1859, 29.— Henry, Proc. 



Acad. Nat. Sci. Pbila., 1859, 107 (New Mexico).— Coues, Proc. Acad. Nat, 



Sci. Phila., 1SGS, 83.— Bd., Birds N. A., 1858, 481.— Id., ib., 1860, 481, pi. 



xxvii, f. 2.— Coues, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pbila., 1860, 88 (Fort Whipple, 



Ariz.).— Cooper, Birds Cal., i, 1870, 215.— Meeriam, U. S. Geol. Surv. 



Terr., 1872, 682. 

 Melospiza rnelodia var. fallax, Coues, Key N. A. Birds, 1S72, 139. — Bd., Brew., & 



Eidg., N. A. Birds, ii, 1874, 22, pi. 27, f. 10.— Yarrow & Hensuaw, Pep. 



Orn. Specs., 1872, Wheeler's Exped., 1874, 13. — Henshaw, Ad. Lye. Nat. 



Hist. N. Y., xi, 1874, 6.— Id., An. List Birds Utah, 1872, Wheeler's 



Exped., 1874, 44.— Id., Eep. Orn. Specs., 1873, Wheeler's Exped., 1874, 62, 



SI, 117.— Coues, Birds Northwest, 1874, 139. 

 Melospiza mrtodia, Allen, Bull. Mas. Coinp. Zool., 1872, 177 (western edge of plains; 



Ogdeu, Utah). 



This western variety of the Song Sparrow was found by us in consid- 

 erable numbers in various parts of Utah, where alone, in the sections trav- 

 ersed by the survey, it was common. Leaving the settled portions of 

 the Territory and entering the wilder districts, it almost invariably became 

 less abundant, and then disappeared, to be again met with as we neared the 

 towns. In Colorado, it appears to be of not uncommon occurrence, and is 

 still less frequently met with in New Mexico and Arizona ; though at certain 

 points, as at Camp Lowell, I have seen numbers, they seemingly in this local- 

 ity finding a favorite winter home. The specimens collected here are very 

 appreciably different from any I have ever seen from Colorado and Utah, 

 and are more typical of the western race as restricted. They are much 

 grayer throughout, the rufous much brighter, and these points, in conjunc- 

 tion with the slender bill and longer tail, characterize the race quite strongly. 

 In habits, notes, and song, the two races appear to be identical. 



