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Adult ftmale.— Length (skins), 156.97-194.31 (lso.85); wing, 78.23- 

 86.31 (si.OS); tail, 71.37-82.04 (78.23); exposed culmen, 14.73-17.02 

 (16.00); depth of bill at base, 7.62-8.64 (8.13); tarsus, 25.91-27.94 

 (27.18); middle toe, 19.56-20.57 (19.81).' 



Western portion of Alaska Peninsula (Stepovak Bay, opposite 

 Shumagin Islands^), Shumagin Islands, and Aleutian Islands, from 

 Unalaska to Atka, Adak, and Attu. 



[FringUla] cinerea Gmelin, Syst. Nat., i, pt. ii, 1788, 922 (Unalaska; based on 

 Cinereous Finch Latham, Gen. Synop., ii, pt. i, 274; Pennant, Arct. Zool., ii, 

 378).— Latham, Index Orn., i, 1790, 445. 



Z. [onotrichia] cinerea Gray, Gen. Birds, ii, 1849, 373. 



[Zonotrichia] dnerea Bonaparte, Consp. Av., i, 1850, 478. 



Melospiza cinerea Finsch, Abh. Nat. Ver. Brem., iii, 1872, 20, 41 (Unalaska). — 

 RiDGWAY, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., iii, 1880, 3 (crit), 180; Nom. N. Am. 

 Birds, 1881, no. 232.— Codes, Check List, 2d ed., 1882, no. 250; Key N. 

 Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 372.— Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. :\lus., v, 1882, 154, part 

 (Unalaska; Little Koniushi I., Shumagin,s; crit.). — Nelson, Cruise "Cor- 

 win" in 1881 (1883), 72, part (Unalaska, etc., habits) ; Rep. Nat. Hist. Coll. 

 Alaska, 1887, 193, part (Unalaska and Shumagins, habits, etc.). — Turner, 

 Auk, ii, 1885, 157 (Nearer Islands, Aleutian chain, resident); Contr. Nat. 

 Hist. Alaska, 1886, 174, part (Attu and other Aleutian islands; Alaska 

 Peninsula, part, habits). — Townsend, Cruise "Corwin" in 1885 (1887), 101 

 (Unalaska). — Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xii, 1888, 707, excl. syn., part 

 (Unalaska, Atka I. and Kyska Harbor, Aleutians). — Richmond, Auk, 

 xii, 1895, 144-149 (monogr.). 



M-lelospizal cinerea CouES, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 372, part. — Ridg- 

 way, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 432, part; 2d ed., 1896, 604. 



Melospiza melodia cinerea Grinnell, Condor, iii, Jan., 1901, 20 (Amagnak I., 

 Unalaska; crit.). 



' Twelve specimens. 

 Series from different islands average as follows: 



Locality. 



MALES. 



Ten adult males from Unalaska 



T^vo adult males from the Shumagins. 



Three adult males from Atka 



One adult male from Adak 



FEMALES. 



Seven adult females from Unalaska . . . 

 One adult female from the Shumagins 



Two adult females from Atka 



Three adult females from Adak 



Ex- I Depth 



posed I of bill 



culmen. I at base. 



Tarsus. 



27. 94 

 27. 43 

 28. 19 

 27.43 



27.18 

 26.16 

 27.43 

 27.94 



Middle 

 toe. 



20.32 

 19.56 

 20.83 

 19.81 



20.07 

 19.05 

 20.32 

 19,81 



There seems to be no difference in coloration between specimens from different 

 islands. 



No specimens have been examined except from the Shumagins, Unalaska, and 

 the extreme westernmost islands of the chain (Atka, Adak, and Attu). 



