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of tlie new race, which I was loth to do under the circumstances. 

 The bird has since been named by Mr. Chas. H. Townsend, from 

 specimens collected later by himself in Lower California, Olocoris al- 

 pestris pallida, and received recognition from Mr. Jonathan Dwight» 



Jr., in his excellent review of the genus Otocoris, (Auk, vii. 154.) 

 Being placed in a similar i)Osition in regard to other birds and 

 feeling reasonably sure that some or all will have to be eventually 

 separated, I would here call attention to them with the intention of 

 fully determining their status as soon as sufficient material and litera- 

 ture may be obtained. 



In some supplementary notes to Mr. L. Belding's paper, ** The 



Small Thrushes of California," I referred five examples of a dwarf 



\ 



thrush taken in Monterey County to his new species, Tiirdus seqicoi- 

 eiisis (Big Tree thrush), although then stating that they were not 

 typical. (Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., 2d sen, ii, 70.) A re-examination 

 of the specimens leads me to believe that they may belong to an 

 unrecognized race, unless the dwarf hermit thrush ( Turdus aona- 

 lascJikcc), Is resident in California and has seasonal changes of plum- 

 age not now known. The Monterey County birds in question are 

 most like Ttirdiis scqnoicnsis but decidedly darker above than the 

 type specimens, the markings of the breast are darker and there is 

 more of the tawny tinge on the breast. The wing is shorter, also 

 the middle toe and claw. 



In looking over, in company with Mr. W. W. Price, the speci- 

 mens of the verdin ( Aitripartis)^ which I collected In Lower Cali- 

 fornia, a marked difference was seen between them and Mr. Price's 

 specimens of Auripartis from Texas, the latter being larger and 

 decidedly darker above; moreover the peculiarities of the Texan 

 verdins were remarkably constant in the small series which was ex- 

 amined. The series of the smaller and much paler bird (upwards 

 of a dozen specimens), represented Los Angeles and San Diego 

 counties, Cal.; Tucson, Arizona, and several localities in Lower 

 California. The lightest colored bird being from Los Angeles 

 County and the darker ones from Lower California; those from 

 Arizona seeming to be intermediate or nearer to those from San 



Diego County. 



Dr. Coues has mentioned (Birds of the Colorado Valley, 130), 



some variations which Auriparus assumes and which may be individ- 

 ual, but the limited material which I have had at my disposal points 



