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Slave Lake), central Keewatin, northern Ontario, central Quebec, and Cape 

 Breton Island south to southern Nebraska, central Missouri, Kentucky, 

 southern Virginia, and southern North Carolina (mountains), and west to the 

 Rocky Mountains of Alberta; winters from Nebraska, Illinois, Massachusetts 

 (locally), and New Jersey south to the Gulf coast, and sporadically north to 

 Michigan and Nova Scotia. 



6. Melospiza melodia fSllax (Baird). Desert Song Sparrow. [581a.] 



Zonotrichia fallax Baied, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., VII, 1854, 119. 

 (Pueblo Creek, Lat. 35° N., Long. 113° W., Arizona.) 



Range. — Lower Sonoran Zone from southern Nevada and southwestern 

 Utah to southeastern California, southeastern Arizona, northeastern Lower 

 California, and Sonora. 



c. Melospiza melodia montdna Henshaw. Mountain Song Sparrow. [5816.] 



Melospiza fasciata montana Henshaw, Auk, I, July, 1881, 224. (Fort 

 Bridger, Wyoming.) 



Range. — Rocky Mountains and Sierra Nevada region. Breeds in Transi- 

 tion Zone from eastern Oregon, southern Idaho, and Montana to middle 

 eastern California and northern New Mexico; winters south to western Texas 

 and northern Mexico (Chihuahua and Sonora). 



d. Melospiza melodia heermanni Baird. Heermann's Song Sparrow. [581c.] 



Melospiza heermanni Baird, Rep. Expl. & Surv. R. R. Pac, IX, 1858, 

 478. (Tejon Valley (in winter), California.) 



Range. — Central valleys of California, principally San Joaquin and 

 Sacramento valleys ; in winter casually to Nevada. 



e. Melospiza melodia samuelis (Baird). Samuels's Song Sparrow. [581c(.] 



Ammodromiis samuelis Baird, Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., VI, Aug., 1858, 

 379. (Petaluma, California.) 



Range. — Coast region of middle California from Marin County to Santa 

 Cruz except salt marshes on south side of San Francisco Bay. 



/. Melospiza melodia morphna Oberholser. Rusty Song Sparrow. [581e.] 



Melospiza melodia morphna Oberholser, Auk, XVI, April, 1899, 183. 

 (Columbia River, probably near Fort Vancouver.) 



Range. — Pacific coast belt. Breeds from extreme southern Alaska to 

 southern Washington; winters south to southern California. 



