BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 



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Adult male.— Length (skins), 155.19-159.26(157.23); wing, 72.61- 

 75.41 (74.17); tail, 70.61-76.96(73.91); exposed culmen, 12.95-13.21; 

 depth of bill at base, 7.11-7.37; tarsus, 21.34-23.37 (22.35); middle 

 toe, 15.76-16.51 (16.26).^ 



Mountains of Durango, Mexico (El Salto, etc.). 



Melospiza goldmani'SELSois, Auk, xvi, Jan., 1899, 29 (Sierra Madre, w. Durango, 



Mexico; IT. S. Nat. Mue.)., 

 Ilelospiza melodia goldmmii Obsbuoises, Auk, xvi, Apr., 1899, 183. 



MELOSPIZA CINEREA COOPERI Ridgway. 

 SAN DIEGO SONG SPARROW. 



Similar to Jf. r. heermanni but slightly smaller and coloration 



much lighter and graj'er; prevailing color of back, etc. , grayish olive, 



' the back broadly streaked with black, the black streaks with little, if 



any, rusty external suffusion; j^oung similar to that of M. m. niontana. 



Adult male.— Length (skins), 127.51-149.86 (139.45); wing, 58.42- 

 67.56 (62.99); tail, 55.63-68.07 (63.25); exposed culmen, 11.18-13.21 

 (12.19); depth of bill at base, 7.37-7.87 (7.46); tarsus, 20.32-22.61 

 (21.84); middle toe, 14.99-17.53 (15.75).' 



Adult female.— Length (skins), 131.06-144.78 (137.41); wing, 58.42- 

 62.99 (60.96); tail, 62.74-63.50 (63.25); exposed culmen, 11.94-12.45 

 (12.19); depth of bill at base, 7.37; tarsus, 21.34-22.61 (21.84); middle 

 toe, 14.99-16.00 (15.49).= 



Southern coast district of California (north to Monterej' Ba}r, east 

 to Fort Tejon, San Bernardino, etc.), and northern Pacific coast district 

 of Lower California (south to San Quentin Bay). 



' Two specimens. 

 ^Twenty-three specimens. 

 'Four specimens. 



A series from San Quentin Bay and Rosario, Lower California, compares in aver 

 age measurements with a series from San Diego and northward as follows: 



The Lower California series are all in worn breeding plumage, and some of them 

 are browner than breeding birds from San Diego; but whether they are really dif- 

 ferent or not can only be decided by examination of a series in good condition of 

 plumage. » 



