304 CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 



239. Pipilo consobrinus Ridgw. 



Guadalupe Towhee. — Nothing new has been learned re- 

 garding this insular species since my visit to the island in 

 1885-86. (See Bull. Cal. Acad. Sci., Vol. II, No. 6, pp. 

 303-305.) 



240. Pipilo chlorurUS (Towns.) 



Green-tailed Towhee. — Reported common at the Cape 

 region by Mr. Belding. I obtained specimens on Santa 

 Margarita Island and at various places on the peninsula. 



241. Pipilo fuscus albigula (Baird). 



St. Lucas Towhee. — First obtained at Cape St. Lucas 

 by Mr. Xantus, and later by Mr. Belding. I found them as 

 far north as lat. 30^. 



242. Pipilo fuscus crissalis (Vig.) 



Oalifornian Towhee. — In the vicinity of latitude 3P N., 

 Mr. Anthony found it from sea level to 5,000 feet altitude. 



243. Cardinalis cardinalis igneus (Baird). 



St. Lucas Cardinal. — Messrs. Xantus and Belding col- 

 lected this variety at the Cape region. On Santa Margarita 

 Island I occasionally saw them among thick high shrubs and 

 trees. At Comondu they were common and were met with 

 nearly to lat. 29° N. 



244. Pyrrhuloxia sinuata peninsulae Ridgw. 



St. Lucas Pyrrhuloxia. — Obtained by Messrs. Xantus and 

 Belding, and mentioned in their lists as P. sinuata. I did not 

 see any during my wanderings on the islands or the 

 peninsula. 



245. Habia melanocephala (Swains.) 



Black-headed Grosbeak. — Noted from the Cape region 

 by Messrs. Xantus and Belding. It is not common in the 

 northwest, according to Messrs. Belding and Anthony. The 

 former found it breeding at Valle Trinidad, and saw a single 

 specimen on Cerros Island, and the latter at San Rafael. I 

 obtained a single pair at Comondu April 22, 1888. 



