BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 391 



[PaxsercUii iiiimsatdii var. Kc7(/.s/(«y».] a. loiimxi'rK/ii (!(jies, Birds X. W., 1874, 162 



(synonomy). 

 Pa.iserella ilkim viKilaxliknisIs RiiMiWAv, Proc. U. S, Nut. Mus., iii, Aug. 24, 1880, 



181. 

 Passerella lliaca uiiii.l(mriixls Rid«way, Nom. N. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 235a. 

 P. lasserella'] i. [liacn'] umilimvnxin C'oues, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 385. 



PASSERELLA ILIACA INSULARIS Ridgway. 

 KADIAK FOX SPARROW. 



Similar to T*. /'. (undd.'icJioisis but much browner and more uniform 

 in color above (back, etc. , warm sepia brown instead of grayish brown 

 or brownish gray); spots on chest, etc., larger and deeper brown; 

 under tail-coverts more strongly tinged with buff. 



Young. — i\Iorc rusty brown above, with indistinct light rusty or 

 cinnamon tips to middle and greater wing-coverts; under parts dull 

 rust}' white or pale buffy, ))ecoming more strongl}- l)uffy or fulvous 

 posteriorly, the spots on chest, etc., lighter and more rusty brown, less 

 sharply defined than in adults; under tail-coverts wholly buffy for 

 exposed portion, some of the feathers with small and indistinct terminal 

 spots of rusty brownish. 



Adult ///(/A:'.— Length (skins), lrt;3.8l-ls,5. 17 (172. iT); wing, 81. 2S- 

 87.88 (83.82); tail, 71.88-77.72 (74.17); exposed culmen, 12.19-13.46 

 (12.70); depth of bill at base, 8.89-9.91 (9.65); tarsus. 25.15-26.67 

 (25.91); middle toe, 15.75-17.53 (17.02); hind claw, 10.16-12.95 (11.94).^ 



Adult feijiule.— 'Length (skins), 165.10-177.80 (169.93); wing, 78.74- 

 82.04 (80.01); tail, 66.04-74.17 (69.60); exposed culmen, 12.19-13.97 

 (12.95); depth of bill at base, 8.89-9.65 (9.40); tarsus, 23.62-26.16 

 (25.16); middle toe, 15.75-17.78(16.76); hind claw, 10.92-12.70 (ll.W).^ 



Kadiak Island, Alaska, in summer; in winter, south along the coast 

 slope to southern California. 



Pa-iserella townsendli (not Fringilla townsendi Audubon) Baikd, Rep. Pacific 

 E. K. Surv., ix, 1858, 489, part (Whitbys L, Washington, winter). — Cooper 

 and SucKLEY, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., xii, pt. ii, 1860, 204, part (Whitbys 1. ).— 

 Dall and Bannister, Trans. Chicago Ac. Sci., i, 1869, 285, part (Kadiak). 



Pusnerella toimisendi Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. Am. Birds, ii, 1874, 

 53, part (Kadiak). 



Passerella itnuldxchensis (not Emheriza uualascliemis Gmelin) Finsch, Abh. Nat. 

 Ver. Brem., iii, 1872, 53, part (Kadiak). 



P.[assereUa'] iliaca itnalaschensis Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., iii, March 27, 

 1880, 3, part; Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 434, part. 



Passerella iliaca unalaschensii Coues, Clieck List, 2d ed., 1882, no. 283, part. — 

 Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., v, 1882, 158, part (Kadiak).— Ridgway, Proc. 

 U. S. Nat. Mus., xvi, 1893, 664 (Kadiak; Middleton I.?),— American Orni- 

 thologists' Union, Check List, 1886, no. 585a, part.— Nelson, Rep. Nat. 

 Hi>-t. Coll. Alaska, 1887, 196, part (Kadiak).— Bendire, Auk, vi, 1889, 109, 

 part (Kadiak). 



1 Nine specimens. '' Six specimens. 



