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IMehspiza meloda] var. heermanni Henshaw, Bull. Nntt. Orn. Club, iv, July, 



1879, 157, 160 (Stockton, etc., California; crit.) ; Orn. Rep. Wheeler's Surv., 



1879, 298, 299, part (crit.). 

 IMelospiza fasciata] fl. heermavtu Ridgavay, Orn. 40th Parallel, 1877, 481, part (in 



synonymy only). 

 Melospiza faaciata, Z. heermanni Ridgway and Belding, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., i. 



Mar. 21, 1879, 417 (Stockton, California, resident). 

 M.lelospiza] fasdaia heermanni Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., iii, Mar. 27, 1880, 



3; Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 431, part. 

 Melospiza fasciaia heermanni Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., iii, Aug. 24, 1880, 



180, part; Nom. N. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 2316, part.— Cohes, Check List, 



2ded., 1882, no. 248, part. — American Ornithologists' Uxion, Check List, 



1886, no. 581c, part, 

 if. [elospizaj f. [asciata} heermanni Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed. , 1884, 372, 



part. 

 [Melospiza fasciata.'] Subsp. y3. Melospiza heermanni Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 



xii, 1888, 704, part (Stockton, Hay wards, and Fort Tejon, California). 

 (?) Zonotrichia guttata {not Fringillaguttata'NuttaM) Heerjiann, Rep. Pacific R. R. 



Surv., X, pt. iv, 1859, 47, part. 



MELOSPIZA CINEREA MEXICANA Ridgway. 

 MEXICAN SONG SPARROW. 



Similar in coloration to M. c. heermanni, but averaging still darker 

 and browner above, the chest much more heavily spotted with black, 

 sides and flanks more broadly striped, bill much more slender, and 

 wings and tarsi much longer. Young deep russet-brown above, the 

 back and scapulars broadly streaked with black; under parts, except 

 throat, deep buff' (abdomen nearly white), the chest, sides, flanks, and 

 sides of throat heavily streaked with black; chin and throat white or 

 buffy white. 



Adult wiafe.— Length (skins), 129.62-154.43 (145.03); wing, 63.50- 

 70.87 (68.33); tail, 60.20-69.34 (65.28); exposed culmen, 12.19-13.21 

 (12.70); depth of bill at base, 6.86-7.37 (7.11); tarsus, 22.61-25.40 

 (23.88); middle toe, 15.49-18.03 (16.76).^ 



Adult female.— IjQngth (skins), 133.10-153.16 (143.26); wing, 61.47- 

 71.37 (65.63); tail, 56.64-70.61 (62.48); exposed culmen, 11.68-12.95 

 (12.45); depth of bill at base, 6.60-7.11 (6.86); tarsus, 22.35-25.15 

 (23.37); middle toe, 15.24-17.27 (16.26).' 



Southeastern portion of Mexican plateau in States of Puebla (Huexo- 

 titla), Hidalgo (Tulalcihgo), Tlaxcala (Apixaco), and Mexico (Lerma, 

 Tlalpam, Volcan de Toluco, etc.). 



Melospiza fallax (not of Baird) Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1864, 174 (valley 



of Mexico). 

 Melospiza gouldi (not of Baird) Sclateb, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1862, 369 



(Mexico). 



1 Eight specimens. ' Nine specimens. 



