The Song Sparrows 



superciliary), dusky lores and cheek (the latter mingled with whitish), buffy malar 

 stripe, blackish submaxillary stripes, and white chin. Juvenals: Somewhat like 

 adults, but olive-gray of upperparts wanting; margining of feathers chiefly pale clay- 

 color; underparts suffused with pale ochraceous buffy; the black streaks much narrower. 

 Bill blackish above, lighter below; feet and tarsi light brown. Measurements, adult 

 male (after Grinnell) : wing 62.7 (2.47); tail 71.4 (2.81); bill 1 1.9 (.27). Females 

 average smaller. 



Recognition Marks. — Sparrow size; the 12-radial pattern of head, with striped 

 appearance above serves to distinguish from birds of the Passerella group. Somewhat 

 like the Lincoln Sparrow {Melospiza lincolni), but longer and more coarsely patterned — 

 the streaks below much broader and tending to confluence on sides of throat. 



Range. — Resident in the San Diego district, broadly defined, from southern 

 San Luis Obispo County and the Cuyama valley south to San Quentin, Lower Cali- 

 fornia, east to the desert divides, and even invading both the Mohave (Victorville, 

 Yermo) and Colorado deserts (mouth of Palm Canyon) (Grinnell and Swarth). 



Authorities. — Cooper {Melospiza heermanni, part), Orn. Cal., 1870, p. 212; 

 Fisher, N. Am. Fauna, no. 7, 1893, p. 100; Ridgway, Auk, vol. xvi, 1899, p. 35 (orig. 

 desc. ; San Diego); Myers, Condor, vol. xii., 1910, p. 165 (method of feeding young); 

 Willett, Pac. Coast Avifauna, no. 7, 1912, p. 84 (distr. ; nesting dates) ; Grinnell and 

 Swarth, Univ. Calif. Pub. Zool., vol. x., 1913, p. 279 (crit.). 



No. 62k San Clemente Song Sparrow 



A. O. U. No. 5811. Melospiza melodia clementae C. H. Townsend. 



Description. — Similar to M. m. cooperi, but much paler; the olive-gray element 

 of the upperparts greatly increased, the blacks reduced, and reds faded; streaks on 

 underparts finer, the buffy suffusion much reduced, the remainder more pinkish. 

 Size (after Ridgway): wing 64.8 (2.55); tail 64 (2.52); culmen 12.2 (.48); tarsus 21.8 

 (.86). 



Range (Wholly within California). — Common resident on San Clemente 

 Island; also apparently the resident bird of San Miguel and Santa Rosa islands. 



Authorities.- — Cooper {Melospiza heermanni, part), Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., 

 vol. iv., 1870, p. 78); Townsend, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. xiii., 1890, p. 139 (San 

 Clemente Id.; orig. desc); Grinnell, Pasadena Acad. Sci. Pub., no. 1, 1897, p. 18 (habits; 

 song); Grinnell and Daggett, Auk, vol. xx., 1903, p. 34 (crit.); Howell, Pac. Coast 

 Avifauna, no. 12, 1917, p. 81 (distr.; syn., etc.). 



No. 621 Santa Barbara Island Song Sparrow 



A. O. U. No. 58ih. Melospiza melodia graminea C. H. Townsend. 



Description. — Very similar to M. m. clementce, but somewhat smaller: wing 

 60.2 (2.37); tail 56.1 (2.21); culmen 12.2 (.48); tarsus 21.3 (.84). 



Range (Wholly within California). — "Common resident on Santa Barbara 

 Island; less numerous and of more local occurrence on Santa Cruz Island." — Grinnell. 



Authorities. — Cooper {Melospiza heermanni, part), Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., 

 vol. iv., 1870, p. 78; Townsend, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. xiii., 1890, p. 139 (Santa 

 Barbara Id.; orig. desc); Grinnell, Pasadena Acad. Sci. Pub., no. I, 1897, p. 6 (nests 

 and eggs; habits); J. Mailliard, Bull. Cooper Orn. Club, vol. i., 1899, p. 44 (Santa 

 Cruz Id.); Howell, Pac. Coast Avifauna, no. 12, 1917, p. 80 (distr., syn., etc.). 



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