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589. Guadalupe Towhee. Pipilo co7isobriitusi. 



Kange.— Guadalupe Island, Lower California. 



Similar to orcgonuft but smaller and with a relatively shorter tail. The nest- 

 iiii,^ haliits and eggs of this species will not likely be found to differ essentially 

 from those of others of the genus. 

 591. Canon Towhee. Pipilo fusrufi me-'iolnicvi<. 



Range.— Mexico and north to Arizona and New Mexico and casually farther to 

 Coloratlo. 



These birds have a brownish crown and under tail coverts, 

 the rest of the plumage being brownish gray, lighter below. 

 A common species in the valleys and on the side hills, nest- 

 ing in bushes near the ground, and sometimes on the 

 ground; the nests are made of grasses, weeds and twigs lined 

 ■with rootlets, and the three or four eggs are greenish blue 

 sparingly spotted or scrawled with blackish brown, the 

 markings being similar to those on many Red-winged icirecnish blue.J 

 Blackbirds' eggs. Size 1.00 x .70. 



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Photo by f. A.:Kefd. 

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