Range.—"Coast strip of southern Oregon and northern California from Yaquina Bay, Oregon, to Tomales Bay, California" (A. O. U.).
Page [231]. After No. 585d. add: 585e. Sooty Fox Sparrow (P. i. fuliginosa). "Similar to P. i. townsendi but darker and less rufescent, the upperparts, sides of head and neck and lateral underparts sepia or sooty brown, the upper tail-coverts and tail slightly more castaneous; spots on underparts dark sooty brown, larger and more confluent than in other forms" (Ridgway).
Range.—"Northwest coast strip. Breeds on the coast of British Columbia, Vancouver Island and northwestern Washington; winters south along the coast to San Francisco, California" (A. O. U.).
No. 585f. Kadiak Fox Sparrow (P. i. insularis). "Similar to P. i. unalaschensis but much browner 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).
Range.—"Alaska coast strip. Breeds on Kadiak Island and on the coast from Prince William Sound south to Cross Sound; winters along the coast to southern California" (A. O. U.).
Page [234]. After No. 715 add: 715a. San Nicolas Rock Wren (S. o. pulverius). Similar to S. o. obsoletus "but entire plumage, especially the upperparts, suffused with ochraceous or dust color, almost identical with the tint of the soil on San Nicholas Island" (Grinnell).
Range.—San Nicholas Island, California.
Page [236]. Cancel No. 821b, Troglodytes aëdon aztecus, which proves to be the same as No. 721a, T. a. parkmani. 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. iliacus). "Similar to T. p. palustris, but slightly larger and with the coloration more 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 Keewatin south to central Mississippi Valley and east to Indiana; winters southward into Mexico and along the Gulf coast to western Florida (A. O. U.).