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CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 



DIMENSIONS OF APHELOCOMA CALIFORNICA OBSCURA. 



COLLECTIOX OF A. "W. ANTHONY. 



Sex 

 and 

 Age. 



Locality. 



Valladores Sept. 8, 18S8. 



Sau Pedro Martir. . . May 6, 18S9. 



May 5, 1889.. 



July 3, 1887.. 



Type. 



Junco townsendi sp. nov. 

 Townsend's Junco. 



Sp. char. — Similar to J. annedens, but differing in smaller 

 size, darker gray of tlie head, neck and chest; the backless 

 brown and the sides less extensively pinkish. 



Adult 6 . Type, No. 2539, coll. of A. W. A., from San 

 Pedro Mountain, L. C, April 28, 1889). Head, neck and 

 breast all around, clear, slatey, gray, much darker than J. an- 

 nedens, but paler than J. hyemalis oregonus. Lores and crown, 

 blackish. Dorsal and interscapular region, ashy brown, in 

 some specimens scarcely diftering from the head and neck. 

 Rump and upper tail coverts, ashy, first two lateral rectrices 

 pure white, the rest blackish with ashy edges. Wings, black- 

 ish, primaries and secondaires with gray edges. Sides, 

 pink. Belly and under tail coverts, white. Mandibles and 

 feet, flesh color. Iris, hazle. 



Adult ? . (Type, No. 2538, coll. of A. W. A., from San 

 Pedro Mountain, April 29, 1889). Head, neck and chest all 

 around, uniform dark gray, lighter than male. Lores, black- 

 ish. Dorsal patch, very faintly defined. Kump, clear ashy. 

 Pink of sides, paler and less extensive than male. Lower 



