368 BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Meloxpiza heermtmni (not of Baird) Cooper, Orn. OaL, 1870, 212, part (Mojave 

 R.?, Santa Barbara, San Diego, and Santa Cruz, California). 



Melospiza melodia . var. heernuinai Hensiiaw, Orn. Rep. Wheeler's Surv., 

 1876, 244, part (Santa Barbara and Walliier's Basin, s. California). 



Meloxphiijasdata heermanni Anthony, Auk, xii, 1895, 141 (San Fernando, Lower 

 California; crit.); Zoe, iv, 1893, 242 (San Pedro Martir Mts., Lower Cali- 

 fornia).— Mokcom, Bull. Ridgw. Orn. Club, no. 2, 1887, 49 (Coahuila Val- 

 ley, etc., San Bernardino Co., s. California). — Emerson, Bull. Cal. Acad. Sci., 

 no. 7, 1887, 423 (Volcano Mts., San Diego Co., s. California). — Grinnell, 

 Pub. ii, Pasadena Acad. Sci., 1898, 39 (Los Angeles Co., s. California, low- 

 lands and mesa, resident). 



[Melospiza fasciata.'] Supsb. /3. Melospiza heermanni Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 

 xii, 1888, 704, part (Santa Barbara, California, June). 



M.[elospiza\ f.\_asciata] heeripanni Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 372, 

 part. 



Melospiza fasciata sarnuelis {not Ammodromus samuelis Baird) Belding, Proc. U. S. 

 Nat. jVIus., V, 1883, 528 (San Quentin Bay, Lower California). — Bryant, 

 Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci., 2d ser., ii, 1889, — (El Rosarioand San Fernando, Lower 

 California) . 



[Melospiza fasciatal Subsp. y. Melospiza samuelis Sb-Abpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 

 xii, 1888, 705, part (San Bernardino; Fort Tejon?) . 



(I) Meloxpiza fasciata guttata (not Pringilla guttata Nuttall) Evermann, Auk, iii, 

 1886, 182 (Ventura Co., California, resident). 



Melospiza fasciata graminea (not of Townsend) Fisher, N. Am. Fauna, no. 7, 1893, 

 100 (Carpentaria, Santa Barbara Co., and Morro, San Luis Obispo Co., 

 California). 



Melospiza fasciata cooperi Ridqway, Auk, xvi, Jan., 1899, 35 (San Di^o, s. w. 

 California; V. S. Nat. Mus.) 



Melospiza melodia cooperi Oberholser, Auk, xvi, Apr., 1899,183. 



MELOSPIZA CINEREA CLEMENTiE (Townsend). 

 SAN CLEMENTE SONG SPARROW. 



Similar to M. c. cooperi but slightly larger and coloration still 

 graj'er, the back light olive-grayish, with black streaks narrower, the 

 black streaks of chest, etc., also narrower; young similar to that of 

 2L c. cooperi, but paler above. 



Adult male.—L&ngih. (skins), 1-14.78-166.97 (149.61); wing, 62.23- 

 66.04 (64.77); tail, 59.69-67.06 (64.01); exposed culmen, 11.94-12.45 

 (12.19); depth of bill at base, 7.11-7.62 (7.37); tarsus, 21.69-22.61 

 (21.84); middle toe, 15.24-16.26 (16. 76).^ 



Adult female.— h&ngl}i (skins), 138.18-147.57 (143.76); wing, 60.96- 

 63.50 (62.23); tail, 60.71-63.50 (60.96); exposed culmen, 11.43-12.70 

 (11.68); depth of bill at base, 6.60-7.11 (6.86); tarsus, 20.32-22.10 

 (21.08); middle toe, 13.97-15.75 (16.24).' 



San Clemente, San Miguel, and Santa Rosa islands, Santa Barbara 

 group, California; Coronados Islands, Lower California. 



' Eleven specimens. ^ Nine specimens. 



