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[Zonotrichia] fallax Gray, Hand-list, ii, 1870, 94, no. 7391. 



Melospiza fallax B.^ird, Eep. Pacific R. R. Surv., ix, 1858, 481, part (Pueblo 



Creek); ed. 1860 ("Birds N. Am."), atlas, pi. 27, fig. 2; Cat. X. Am. Birds, 



1859, no. 367, part. — Kennehly, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., x, pt. iv, 1859, 29, 



pi. 27, fig. 2 (Pueblo Creek).— Cooper, Orn.Cal., 1870, 215, part. 

 JIf. [rfospiza] /aHa:E Henshaw, Auk, i, 1884, 224, in text (crit. ). 

 l^relospiza melodla.] Var. fallax CouES, Key N. Am. Birds, 1872, 139, part. 

 Melospiza melodia . . var. fallax Coues, .Check List, 1873, no. 169a, part. — 



H.ENSHAW, Zool. Exp. W. lOOth m^rid. , 1875, 281, part. 

 [Melospiza ■melodia'] b. fallax CouES, Birds N, AV., 1874, 139, part. 

 Melospiza melodia, var. fallax Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. X. Am. Birds, 



ii, 1874, 22, part. 

 Melospiza melodia fdllax Goode, Bull. U. S. Nat. IMus., no. 25, 1883, 328. — Ober- 



HOLSER, Auk, xvi, 1899, 183. 

 [Melospiza meloda'] var. fallax Henshaw, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, iv, July, 1879, 



156, 160, part (crit.). 

 [Melospiza fasciatal y. fallax Ridgway, Orn. 40th Parallel, 1877, 482, part (in 



synonym}' only). 

 M.[elospiza'] fasciata fallax Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Xat. ilus., iii. Mar. 27, 1880, 3, 



part; Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 432. 

 Melospiza fasciata fallax HiDGWA-Y, Proc. I'. 8. Nat. 31us., iii, Aug. 24, 1880, 180, 



part; Nom. N. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 231((, part. — Brewster, Bull. Nutt. Orn. 



Club, vii, 1882, 196 (Tucson, Arizona).— Coues, Check List, 2d ed., 1882, 



no. 245, part. — American Ornithologists' Cxion, Check List, 1886, no. 



581a.— MoRCOM, Bull. Ridgw. Orn. Club, no. 2, 1887, 49 (Yuma, Arizona).— 



Scott, Auk, iv, 1887, 203 (Tucson, Arizona). — ^Merriam, North Am. Fauna, 



no. 3, 1890, 97 (Grand Caiion and Echo Cliffs, Arizona). — Rhoads, Proc. Ac. 



Nat. Sci. Phila., 1892, 121 (Santa Clara Valley, s. Arizona). — Fisher, N. Am. 



Fauna, no. 7, 1893, 98 (s. e. Nevada, s. w. Utah, and n. w. Arizona). 

 M. [elospiza} f. [asciata'] fallax Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 372, part. 

 [Melospiza fasciata.] Subsp. a. Melospiza fallax Shahpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 



xii, 1888, 703, excl. syn. part (Fort Yuma, California; Tucson, Arizona). 



MELOSPIZA CINEREA RIVULARIS (Bryant). 

 BROWN'S SONa SPARROW. 



Similar to M. c. fallax but larger, with longer, more slender, and 

 more compressed bill, still less strongly contrasted markings, and 

 duller, less rufescent, colors. 



Adult male. — Length (skin, one specimen), 146.05; wing, 71.12- 

 72.90 (71.88); tail, 71.12-73.66 (72.39); exposed culmen, 13.21-13.46 

 (13.83); depth of bill at base, 7.11-7.37 (7.24); tarsus, 22.86-23.11 

 (22.98); middle toe, 15.75-16.76 (16.26).^ 



Adult female. — Length (skin, one specimen), 144.78; wing, 67.31- 

 68.58 (67.82); tail, 67.31-69.09 (68.07); exposed culmen, 12.19-12.95 

 (12.45); depth of bill at base, 6.86-7.11 (6.96); tarsus, 22.35-22.86 

 (22.61); middle toe, 15.75.' 



' Two specimens. 



