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Adult male.— LiQugth (skins), 119.38-139.95 (130.30); wings, Sl.til- 

 62.71 (58.42); tail, 50.29-58.93 (55.37); exposed culmen, 10.16-12.19 

 (11.18); depth of bill at base, 5.84-7.11 (6.35); tarsus, 19.81-21.31 

 (20.57); middle toe, 11.22-15.21 (14.73).' 



Adult fe?nale.— Length (skins), 111.76-186.14(126.24); wing, 53.59- 

 61.47 (56.64); tail, 52.07-57.91 (64.10); exposed culmen, 10.16-12.45 

 (10.92); depth of bill at base, 5.59-6.86 (6.35); tarsus, 20.07-20.83 

 (20.57); middle toe, 13.97-16.49 (14.99).' 



Salt marshes of San Francisco Bay, California (in Alameda, Santa 

 Clara, and San Mateo counties).' 



M.lelospiza} /. [asctato] samuelis (not Ammodroniug samueUs Baird) Coues, Key 

 N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, part, 



il.lelospiza] fasciata samuelis HiDQV/ AY, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 431, part.* 



Melospiza fasciata pusiUula Eidgway, Auk, xvi, Jan., 1899, 35 (salt marsh, Ala- 

 meda Co., California; U. S.Nat. Mus. ). — McGregok, Bull. Cooper Orn. Club, 

 i, Sept. to Oct., 1899, 87 (crit.) 



Melospiza melodia pusillula Obekeolser, Auk, xvi, Apr., 1899, 183. ' 



MELOSPIZA CINEREA CLEONENSIS (McGregor). 

 HENDOCINO SONG SPARROW. 



Similar in size and proportions to M. c. samuelis, but averaging 

 slightly smaller with larger legs and feet, and coloration very differ- 

 ent, being much more rufescent; general color of upper parts deep 

 rusty olive, conspicuously and broadly streaked on back, etc., with 

 dark rusty brown, or chestnut, and black; streaks on chest, etc., dark 

 rustj'' brown or chestnut (black medially), and sides, flanks, and under 

 tail-coverts stronglj' fulvous. 



^(^Zi^OTa^e.— Length (skins), 121.92-145.80 (136.91); wing, 58.93- 

 63.60 (61.72); tail, 58.42-60.96 (59.94); exposed culmen, 10.41-12.70 

 (11.94); depth of bill at base, 5.59-7.11 (6.60); tarsus, 21.34-23.11 

 (22.35); middle toe, 15.24-17.27(16.61).^ 



Adult female.—L&ngt)x{sMnii), 129.54-149.35(137.67); wing, 54.61- 

 63.76 (59.44); tail, 62.83-62.99 (58.17); exposed culmen, 10.92-12.70 

 (11.94); depth of bill at base, 6.35-7.37 (6.60); tarsus, 19.81-22.61 

 (21.69); middle toe, 15.24-16.26 (15.75). « 



Northern coast district of California (Mendocino, Humboldt, and 

 Del Norte counties) ; coast of southwestern Oregon (south of Rogue 

 River Mountains) ? 



^ Twelve specimens. ^ Eleven specimens. 



^Doubtless also in salt marshes of San Francisco, Marin, Sonoma, Solano, and 

 Contra Oosta .counties. 



* Some other references to M. c. samuelis doubtless belong here, at least in part, 

 but without examination of specimens it is scarcely possible to determine which. 



^Thirteen specimens. *Nine specimens. 



