[10]The Auk, Vol. XVII., Oct. 1900, p. 354.
[11]The Auk, Vol. IX., Jan. 1892, p. 45.
[12]Since writing the above specimens have been taken at Kirkland by Miss Jennie V. Getty (Dec. 1908).
[13]Rep. Nat’l Hist. Coll. in Alaska, pp. 174, 175.
[14]By “shading” here is not meant subspecific relationship, altho this does obtain as regarding both griseonucha and littoralis, but rather suggestive relationship, assumed divergence from a common stock.
[15]“Birds of Illinois,” Vol. I., p. 263.
[16]So called for decades, but now lost to us thru the latest caprice of nomenclature. Varium et mutabile semper A. O. U. Check-List.
[17]Until the season of 1908. See ante under “Migrations.”
[18]“(?) Bendire, Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H. XIX., 1877, 118 (Camp Harney, e. Oregon, breeding)” (Ridgway).
[19]Based upon that of Melospiza melodia from which it differs slightly in proportions but chiefly in grayer coloration. The measurements are those of Ridgway, Birds of N. & M. A., Vol. I., p. 358.