PERCHING BIRDS 



581f. Sooty Song Sparrow. Meluspiza melodia rufiHa. 



Range. — -Pacific coast from British Columbia to Alaska. 



A darker bird, both above and below, even than the last. Eggs like the last 

 but averaging a trifle larger. Size .82 x .62. 



.')81g. Brown's Song Sparrow. Melospirja melodia rivularis. 



Range. — Soutliern Lower California. 



A light colored form like the Desert Song Sparrow; said to build in eat tails 

 above water as well as on the ground; eggs not different from others of the 

 genus. 



."JSIh. Santa Barbara Song Sparrow. Melo.H'piz^a midndia graminea. 

 Range. — Breeds on Santa Barbara Islands; winters on adjacent coast of Cali- 

 fornia. 



A variety of the same size but paler than samiielis. Nesting or eggs not 

 peculiar. 



581i. San Clemente Song Spakkow. Alclospiza mehadia clemenlcf. 



Range. — San Clemente and Santa Rosa Island of the Santa Barbara group. 

 Slightly larger than the last; habits and eggs the same. 



.'iSlj. Dakota Song Sparrow. Melospirjti melodia juddi. 



Range. — North Dakota, breeding in the Turtle Mountains. 



Practically indistinguishable from tlie common Song Sparrow; the eggs will 

 not differ. 



.'iSlk. Merrill's Song Sparrow. Melo.ipirja melodia merrilli. 



Range. — Northwestern United States; eastern Oregon and Washington to 

 Idaho. 



Very similar to, but lighter tlian the Rusty Song Sparrow. 



5811. Alameda Song Sparrow. Melospi~a melodia piisilliila 

 Range. — Salt marshes of San Francisco Hay, California. 

 Similar to, but still smaller than Samuel Song Sparrow. Eggs will not differ. 



,581m. San Diego Song Sparrow. Melospiza melodia cooperi. 

 Range. — Southern coast of California; nortli to Monterey Bay. 

 Similar to, but smaller and lighter than hccriiiaiiiii. 



581n. Yakutat Song Sparrow. Melo.ipirja melodia caitrina. 



Range. — Coast of Alaska from Cross Sound to Prince Williams Sound. 



Similar to the Sooty Song Sparrow Init larger and grayer. Eggs probably 

 average larger. 



.5810. Kenai Song Sparrow. Melospirja Melodia keinirensis. 

 Range. — Kenai Jeninsula on the coasts. 

 Like the last but still larger; length about 7 inches. 



581q. Bisciioef's Song Sparrow. Melo.fpi.::a melodia' in.'iiirtiix. 

 Range. — Kadiak Island, Alaska. 

 Similar to and nearly as large as the next species, but browner. 



581r. Aleutian Song Spahrow. Melo.tpi.za melodia .saiiaka. 



Range. — Pound on nearly all the islands of the Aleutian group, 

 Kadiak. 



This is the largest of the Song Sparrows being nearly 8 

 inches in length; it is similar in appearance to the Sooty 

 Song Sparrow but grayer. It nests either on the ground or 

 at low elevations in bushes, the nest usually being com 

 cealcd in a tuft of grass or often placed under rocks or, 

 sometimes, driftwood along the shores. The nests are. 

 made of grasses and weed stems, and the eggs are similar 

 to those of the Song Sparrow but much larger and more 

 elongate. Size .90 x .65. 



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