392 BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



P.lasserella'] i.[Uaca] vii.alaKivv.ii.s Codes, ICey N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 



385, part. 

 Passerella iliaca wwlnscenxix Eidgway, Nom. N. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 235a, part. 

 Passerella townsendii (not FringiUa iovmaendii Audubon) Dai.i, and Bannister, 



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

 Passerella townsendi Baird, Bkewer, and Kidgway, Hist. N. Am. Birds, ii, 1874, 



53, part (Kadiak). 

 Passerella iliaca insidaris Riikiway, Auk, xvii, Jan., 1900, 30 (Kadiak, Alaska; 



U. S. Nat. Mas.).— Grinnell, Condor, iii, 1901, 22 (Kadiak). 



PASSERELLA ILIACA ANNECTENS Ridgway. 

 YAKUTAT FOX SPARROW. 



Similar to P. i. hh-^iih iris hut smaller (the bill especially) and colora- 

 tion slightly browner. Young much darker than corresponding stage 

 of /''. /. insuhrrix. 



Adult ;/;rt/r.— Length (skins), 157.4:8-172.97 (164.34); wing, 78.49- 

 84.58 (81.79); tail, 68.07-75.69 (73.15); exposed culmen, 10.92-12.70 

 (12.19); depth of bill at base, 7.37-8.8!i (.s.l3); tarsus,' 24.13-25.40 

 (25.15); middle toe, 16.00-17.27 (IH. 76); hind claw, 7.62-12.45(11.43).' 



Adult fmiale.^'LQngi\i (skins), 152.40-162.U5 (156.97); wing, 73.91- 

 79.50 (77.47); tail, 66.80-71.12 (()9.34); exposed culmen, 11.43-12.70 

 (11. 94); depth of bill at ba.se, 7.s7-,s.3S (8.13); tarsus, 23.37-25.15 

 (24.64); middle toe, 15.7.5-16.51 (16.00); hind claw. 10.16-12.19 

 (11.43).' 



Coast of Alaska, from Cross Sound to Prince William Sound (to , 

 Cook Inlet?); in winter, south to California. 



Passerella iliaca anriectois Ridgway, Auk, xvii, Jan., 1900, 30 (Yakutat, Alaska; 

 U. S. Nat. Mus.).— Grinnell, Condor, iii, 1901, 23 (Nutchuk, Prince Wil- 

 liam Sound). 



PASSERELLA ILIACA TOWNSENDI (Audubon). 

 TOWNSEND'S SPARROW. 



Similar to P. i. (wnevtenn but coloration dai'ker and more castane- 

 ous brown, and spots on chest, etc.; larger; above deep Vandyke 

 brown, duller (more sooty) on pileum, more reddish (inblining to 

 burnt umber or dark chestnut-brown) on upper tail-coverts and tail; 

 sides of head deep sooty brown, the lores dotted, the auricular region 

 finely streaked, with dull whitish; general color of under parts white, 

 but everywhere spotted or sti'eaked with deep chestnut-brown or van- 

 dyke brown, the spots mostly of triangular (deltoid and cuneate) form, 

 very heavy and more or less confluent on chest, smaller on throat and 

 breast; sides and flanks almost uniform deep brown, the latter tinged 

 with butfy or pale tawny; under tail-coverts deep olive or olive-brown 



' Twelve specimens. ''■ Five specimens. 



