BIELOSPIZA MELODIA, SONG SPAEEOW. 139 



b. fallax. 



(?) Zonotrhhki fasciata, Gamb., J. A. N. S. 2cl ser. i, 1847, 49. 



Zoiiolrivhia faflax, Bd., Pr. A. N. S. vii, 18,'4, 119 ("New Mexico"^ Arizona). 



Metosphi, fallax, Bd., B. N. A. 1858, 4^1 ; 1860, 481, pi. 27, flg. 2.— Kenn., P. E. R. Rep. 



X, 1859, p.. iv, 29, pi. 27, fig. 2.— COUES, Pr. Phila. Acad. 1866, 52 (Arizona).— 



Coop., B. Cal. i, 1870, 215. 

 Melospisa melodia var. faUax, Eldgw.— Coues, Key, 1672, 139.— B. B. & E., N. A. B. ii, 



1874, 22, pi. 27, tig. 10. 

 Melosphu melodia, CouBS, Ibis, 1865, 165. 



c. heermanni. 



Melospiaa hemnanni, Bd., B. N. A. 1858, 478 ; 1860, 478, pi. 70, fig. U(California).— Coop., 



Orn. Cal. i, 1870, 212. 

 Melospisa melodia var. heermanni, ElDGW. — CouES, Key, 1872, 139. — B. B. & E., N. A. B. 



ii, 1874, 24, pi. 27, fig. 9. 



d. goiildii. 



Melospisa goiildii, Bd., B. N. A. 1858, 479 ; 1860, 455, pi. 71, fig. 1 (California). 

 Melospiza melodia Tar. gouldii, CoilES, Key, 1872, 139. 

 Ammodromus samueVis, Bd., Pr. Boat. Soc. vi, 1858, 381 (California). 

 Melospiza melodia var. samuelis, B. B. & R., N. A. B. ii, 1874, 26, pi. 27, Cg. 7. 



e. mexieana. 



"(??) Melospiza pectoralis, v. Muller." 



Melospiza melodia var. mexieana, Eidgw., B. B. & E., N. A. B. ii, 1874, 18 (Puebla, Mex.) 



f. guttata. 



Friugilla cinei-ea (" Gm."), Aud., Orn. Biog. v, 1839, 22, pi. 390, fig. 1 ; Syn. 1839, 119 ; B. 



Am. iii, 1841, 145, pi. 1&7. (Not of Gmelin.) 

 Passerella cinerea, Bp., List, 1838, 31; Cousp. i, IS-jO, 477. 

 Fringilla {Passerella) guttata, NurT., Man. i, 2cl ed. 1840, 581. 

 Zonotriehia guttata. Game., J. A. N. S. 2d ser! i, 1847, 50. 

 Melospiza melodia var. guttata, Eidgw.— CoUES, Key, 1872, 139. — B. B. & E., N. A. B. ii. 



1874, 27, pi. 27, fig. 12 (excl. ref. Dall and Bannister). 

 Melospisa nifiiia, Bd., B. N. A. 1858, 480.— Coop. & Suck., N. H. Wash. Ter. 1860, 204.— 



Coop., B. Cal. i, 1870, 214 (excl. Syn. riijina, Brandt). 



g. rvfina. 



Emteriza rufina, Brandt, Desc. Av. Eossic. 18."j6, pi. 2, 5 {Bonaparte). 



(?) Passerella rufina, Bp., Consp. Av. i, 18.j0, 477. 



Melonpiza rufina, Dall & Bax^., Tr. Chic. Acad, i, 1869, 285. 



Melospiza melodia var. rufma, EiDGW. — Coues, Kev, 1872, 139. — B. B. & E., N. A. B. ii, 



1874, 29, pi. 27, fig. 11 (not rufina of Baird', 1858, which = var. guttata). 

 Melospiza guttata et cinerea, Pinsch, Abh. Nat. iii, 1872, 41. 



h. insignis. 



(?) Fringilla cinerea, Gm., Syst. Nat. i, 1788, 922 {cinereous Finch) ; Pe>'X., Arct. Zool. 



ii, 68 (Oonalashka). 

 (?) Zonotriehia cineirea, " Gr." — Bp., Consp. 1850, 478. 

 Melospiza insignis, Bd., Tr. Chic. Acad, i, 1869, 319, pi. 29, fig. 2. — Dall & Baxn'., ibid. 



285.— FiNSCH, Abh. Nat. iii, 1872, 44 (Kodiak). 

 Melospiza melodia var. insignis, Ridgw. — Coues, Key, 1872, 140. — B. B. & E., N. A. B. ii, 



1874, 30, pi. 27, fig. 8. 



Hah. — The ordinary Eastern type extends Tvestward to the dry, central plains.. 

 North to the Canadas and Nova Scotia. Winters as far north as the Middle States, if 

 not in Southern New England (Coos County, New Hampshire, November, with snow, 

 Maynard). Breeds throughout its range, and is, in most localities, one of the most 

 abundant and familiar of all Sparrows. (No extralimital record.) Var. /a/?ajc from 

 the Southern Middle Province. Var. heermanni from California east to thn Humboldt 

 Slountaius. Var. gouldii from the Calilbrnia coast, San Francisco, aud southward. 

 Var. guttata from the Pacific coast north to British Columbia. Var. iiifnia from Pacific 

 ■coast north of British Columbia. Var. insignis from Kodiak and Oonalashka. 



I adopt the several varieties of this species from Mr. Eidgway's account, published 

 in the work above cited. He very kindly gave me his identifications, for use in the 

 Key, in advance of his own publication. The reader is referred to the work in ques- 

 tion for an exhaustive analysis of this perplexing group. 



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