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(arts). Size of M. m. hcermanni; but blank streakings everywbRre broader, and 

 t&e general tone of coloration darker; larger than M. m. samuelis and with 

 brown more extended and deeper in tone (bay rather than hazel; unique in 

 having the base of the maxilla inflated or swollen with "lateral bulbOBities" 

 (Grinnell), 



Range. — ^Marshes bordering Sulsun Bay, Solano Co., California, 



Page 230. After No. 581d. add: 581p. Mendocino Song Sparrow {M. m- 



cleonsis). Size of M. m, samuelis but lighter and more rusty; black markings 



of back more restricted; spots of breast broadly edged with rusty; black on 



side of head and neck almost entirely replaced by ruety or reddisii brown" 



(McGregor) . 



Range, — "Coaat strip of southei"" Oregon and northern California from 

 Taquina Bay, Oregon, to Tomales Bay, California" (A. 0. U.). 



Page 231. After No. 585d. add: 585e. Sooty Fox Sparrow (P. *, fuliginosa). 



"Similar to P. i. townsetidi but darker and less rufesceat, the upperparts, sides of 



head and neck and lateral underparts sepia or sooty brown, the upper tail- 



coverte and tail slightly more castancous; spots on nnderparts dark sooty 



brown, larger and more confluent than in other forms" (Ridgway). 



Range.^ — "Northwest coast strip. Breeds on tiie coast of British Colambia, 

 Vancouver Island and northwestern Washinstoii; winters south along the coast 

 to San Francisco, California" (A, O, U.). 



No, 585f. Kadiak Fox Sparrow (P. i. insulans). "Similar to P. i. wnaiascnenr 

 sis but much browuer and more uniform above (back warm sepia), spots on 

 chest, etc., larger and much deeper brown and under tail coverts more strongly 

 tinged with buff" (Ridgway). 



Ra ng e. — "Alaska cnast strip. Breeds on Kadiak' Island and on the coast froni 

 Prince wiUlam Sound south to Cross Sound; winters along the coast to southern 

 Calltornla" (A. O. U.). 



Page 234. After No. 715 add: 715a. San Nicolas Rock Wren (S. o- 



mlveriiis). Similar to S. o. ohsoletns "but entire plumage, especially the upper- 

 parts, suffused with ochraceous or dust color, almost identical with the tint 

 ot the soil on San Nicholas Island" (Grinnell). 

 Range. ^-San Nloholas Island, Oalifornia. 



Page 236. Cancel No. 821b, Troglodytes aedon axtecus, which proves to be the 

 same as No. 721a, T. a. mrkmani. The common name, western House Wren, 

 however, Is retained in place of the common name Parkman's Wren. 



Page 237. After No. 725c add: 725d. Prairie Marsh Wren (T. p. iliams). 



"Similar to T. p. palustris. but slightly larger and with the coloration mor? 



rufescent, the brown of the upperparts rUsset-brown to cinnamon-brown or 



russet, the flanks conspicuously deep cinnamon-buff or cinnamon" (Ridgway). 



Range— Plains and prairies of central North America. Breeds from central 

 Alberta and southwestern Keewatln south to central Mis.sissippl Valley and east to 



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