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this nQrthern race from the paler colored and more narrowly streaked 

 form breeding in the high mountains of California which is regarded 

 as lincolni, but just what relation either of these races bears toward 

 typical Melospiza lincolni lincolni from eastern North America I do 

 not know. I have no material available from any eastern points. 



For the use of the name Melospiza lincolni gracilis (Kittlitz) rather 

 than M. I. striata Brewster (as in the A. 0. U. Check-List) , see Ober- 

 holser, 1906, p. 42. 



Passer ella iliaca unalaschcensis (Gmelin). Shumagin Fox Sparrow 

 Two fox sparrows taken upon Sergief Island, September 5, are 

 referable to this subspecies, an immature female (no. 40107) and an 

 immature male (no. 40108). The two birds were together, in an as- 

 semblage of song sparrows, golden-crowned sparrows, and hermit 

 thrushes, feeding in a tangle of red-berry elder, alder, and devil 's- 

 club. The Shumagin fox sparrow is a migrant through this region, 

 and it is probably of rare occurrence. 



Passerella iliaca fuliginosa Eidgway. Sooty Fox Sparrow 

 Among the most interesting of the season's discoveries were those 

 relating to the manner of occurrence of Passerella in the region ex- 

 plored. Our first experiences were disappointing. I had confidently 

 expected to find some form of this species in the Telegraph Creek 

 region, either P. i. iliaca or P. i. altivagans, but failed to do so. It 

 does not follow, of course, that one or the other of these birds does not 

 occur locally somewhere in that general region, but if so I believe it 

 will be found on the higher mountain slopes. I do not believe we 

 could have overlooked the species had it been present in the lower 

 valley. 



Fox sparrows were first encountered at Doch-da-on Creek. On 

 July 17 an adult male was obtained, first heard singing from its perch 

 near the top of a small willow. A young bird was taken near-by the 

 same day. Both were in brushy bottom land near a slough, a tangle 

 of willows growing amid nettles, tall grass, and other shrubbery, not at 

 all the kind of place that fox sparrows might be supposed to inhabit. 

 Later on, at Flood Glacier and again at Great Glacier, fox spar- 

 rows of the same subspecies were shot at various times. The birds 

 were far from abundant, and it was only through the most assiduous 

 search that specimens were obtained. They inhabited the densest 



