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specimens sho-w'ing this sort of variation, but they did contain, a 

 percentag'e of individuals with a decided leaning toward Junco 

 or eg anus or eg anus. This mif?ht be taken, to indicate a slight .migratory 

 movement inland at the end of the summer from the region to the 

 westward. Typical oreganvs inhabits the coastal region less than 

 two hundred miles west of Hazelton. Some of the fall specimens 

 taken, if collected on the coast, might be considered as oreganus; they 

 come within the limits of variation of that subspecies, though not 

 exhibiting oreganus characters in their extreme. 



Melospiza melodia morphna Oberholser. Kusty Song Sparrow 



In the im^mediate vicinity of Hazelton there is not much country 

 suitable for this species and it occurs as scattered pairs in little swales 

 or along small streams. In Kispiox Valley, in the marshes and pas- 

 tures, it was abundant. None was seen in the mountains. Song 

 sparrows were present, apparently paired and nesting, when we 

 arrived at Hazelton, May 26. A young bird being fed by its parents 

 wa.s seen as late as August 29. By the third week in September the 

 song sparrows were mostly gone; one was seen on September 23. 



Twenty-one specimens (nos. 42381-42401) collected, as follows: 

 six breeding adults, one adult in fre.sh faU plumage, eight immatures 

 in first winter plumage, and six. juveniles. (For use of the subspeeific 

 name morphna for the song sparrow of this region see Swarth, 1923, 

 p. 214.) 



Melospiza lincolni lincolni (Audubon). Lincoln Sparrow 



Exceedingly numerous in the lowlands ; next to the siskin probably 

 the most abundant species of bird. There were some even at the 

 summit of Nine-mile Mountain ; young in juvenal plumage were seen 

 there during the fourth week in July. 



At Hazelton, male birds singing in the gardens were noted May 30 ; 

 a young bird just out of the nest was collected June 23; young in 

 completely acquired first winter plumage were taken during the third 

 week in August ; an adult nearly through the annual molt, August 26. 

 During the latter part of August, in Kispiox Valley, the species was 

 peculiarly abundant. Fifteen or twenty might be routed out of a 

 thicket at once, and some birds might be found at any point where 

 one cared to search for them. By the second week in September their 

 numbers had decreased markedly ; the last was noted on September 14. 



