394 BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



P.lassei'dlal iliaca unalaschensis (not Emberiza }iri(i}<i,ichertsis (imelin) Ridgway, 



Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., iii, Mar. 21, 1880, 3, part; Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 



434, part. 

 PasKerrlla iliiifit luialiinfliennis Riduway, Nom. N. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 235«, 



part. — Americ;an Ornithologists' Union, Chefk List, 1886, no. 585a, part. — 



Nelson, Rep. Orn. Coll. Alaska, 1887, 196, part (Sitka). — Bendire, Auk, 



vi, 1889, 109, part.— Ctrinnell, Auk, xv, 1898, 129 (Sitka, breeding). 

 Passerella iliaca unabtuJikeiixis Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., iii, Aug. 24, 1880, 



181, part. — A.NTHONY, Auk, iii, 1886, 169, part (Washington Co., Oregon, 



migr.). 

 Piisxerdla unalaschensis Finsch, Abh. Nat. Ver. Brem., iii, 1872, 53, part (Sitka). — 



Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xii, 1888, 718, part. 

 PanKerellii iliaca niialaxcctixix CoDES, Check List, 2d ed., 1882, no. 283, part. — Bean, 



Proc. V. S. Nat. Mus., v, 1882, 158, part (Port Althorp, Georges I., Alaska, 



breeding) . 

 P. [asmrella'] i. [liaca'] nnalascensis C'ouES, Key N. Am. Birds, 2il ed., 1884, 385, 



part. 



PASSERELLA ILIACA FULIGINOSA Ridgway. 

 SOOTY FOX SPARROW. 



Similar to P. i. toiruHcndi but darker and le>^s rufe.'icent, the upper 

 parts, side.s of head and neck, and lateral under parts dark sepia brown, 

 the upper tail-coverts and tail slightly more rufeseent (between sepia 

 and Vandyke brown); spots on under parts larger, blacker, and more 

 crowded than in P. i: toiiui,'<cadi. (Young not seen.) 



Adult '///«/f.— Length (skin), 161.29-173.J:,S (166.37); wing, 77.47- 

 85.85(81.53); tail, 69.09-78.33 (74.17); exposed- culmen, 10.9:>-12.70~ 

 (12.19); depth of bill at base, 7.S7-8.89 (8.38); tar su.s, 25.40-26.67 

 (25.91); middle toe, 16.51-17.78 (17.27); hind claw, 10.16-12.70 (12.19).^ 



Adult /c?/(tf/(^— Length, 160.02; wing, 77.47; tail, 72.39; exposed 

 culmen, 10.67; depth of bill at base, 8.13; tarsus, 25.15; middle toe, 

 16.51; hind claw, 12.19.'' 



Coast district of British Columbia (including Vancouver Island) and 

 northwestern Washington (Neah Bay, Labush, etc.); in winter, south 

 along the coast to San Francisco. California. 



(?) Pasaerella townsendii (not Pringilla towrisendi Audubon) Baied, Rep. Pacific 



R. R. Surv., ix, 1858, 489, part;' Cat. N. Am. Birds, 1859, no. 375, part— 

 ■ (?) Cooper and Suckley, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., xii, pt. ii, 1860, 204, part.'— 



(?) Sclater, Cat. Am. Birds,- 1862, 119, part (Simiahmoo, Washington). 

 Passerella tmvnsendi Baird, Brb-wer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. Am. Birds, ii, 1874, 



53, part. 

 (?) Passerella unalaschensis (not Emberiza unalaschensis Gmelin ?) Sharpe, Cat. 



Birds Brit. Mus., xii, 1888, 718, part ? (Simiahoo ?; Orcas I. ?; Fort 



Vancouver ?). 



' Eight specimens. 

 '^ One specimen. 



' No specimen representing this form is among those mentioned in the works cited 

 now in the U. S. National Museum collection. (See footnote on p. 393.) 



