VOL. I. ] Nests and Eggs of Townsena’s Junco. 5 
was fifteen feet high or more, with the ends of the branches ter- 
minated by racemes of showy flowers in full bloom. 
The plate of this plant in the Proceedings of the California Acad- 
emy, drawn from specimens collected at Comondu, does not repre- 
sent in the least its beauty as seen in the Sierra de Laguna, wherea 
single raceme, crowded with purple flowers, equals the length of 
the drawing. It is found growing as a bush about the high altitudes 
of the mountains, and during my visit withstood slight frosts, prov- 
ing that it is somewhat hardy, and would grow in a more northern 
climate, and perhaps be capable of becoming an ornament to the 
gardens of San Francisco. 
THE NESTS AND EGGS OF TOWNSEND'S JUNCO ( Funco 
townsend’) AND SAN PEDRO PARTRIDGE ( Oreortyx 
pictus conjinis). 
BY A. W. ANTHONY. 
In the latter part of April and first of May, 1889, this junco was 
found by Mr. Chas. H. Townsend and the writer to be very abun- 
dant throughout all of the San Pedro Martir region, above 7,000 feet 
elevation, and many nests could doubtless have been taken had the 
time at our disposal permitted of our making a more extensive 
search. But three sets were taken, and these vary to such an ex- 
tent that a description and comparison is of interest. 
Set No. 178, coll. A. W. Anthony, from San Pedro Martir, Lower 
California, taken May 6, 1889, at an elevation of 9,000 feet. Nest 
composed of soft, dry grasses and lined with finer grass stems and 
hair of the mule deer. In form it is rather bulky, the walls being 
unusually thick, but soft. It was very artfully concealed behind a’ 
thick bunch of grass and under the overhanging edge of a large. 
granite boulder. The eggs were three in number and slightly incu- 
bated. The shell is pure white in two specimens, while the third 
shows a slight greenish wash. This specimen is also the most 
strongly marked of the set, being heavily blotched with pale lilac, 
chiefly on the larger end, but extending in small flecks over nearly 
the entire shell. The other two are marked with small spots of 
pale fawn color, with a few small spots and lines of burnt umber 
collected about the large end. They measure in millimetres 19 x 15; 
