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taken at Fort Bridger ; Dr. Cooper, taken at Fort Laramie ; 

 Jesurun, taken at Douglas ; Bond, taken at Cheyenne ; Steven- 

 son, Wyoming; Holden, Wyoming; Coues, Henry's Fork and 

 Green river. 



588. Pipilo maculatus arcticus (Swains.). 



Arctic Towhee. 

 Summer resident ; rather common in northern Wyoming. 

 Dr. Cooper took this variety at Fort Laramie, Sept. 12, 1857; 

 Drexel reports it from Fort Bridger, 1858; McCarthy from La- 

 Bonte creek, 1859; Stevenson from Wyoming, 1870; Bond 

 has taken several specimens at Cheyenne during migration ; 

 Jesurun reports them rather common at Douglas ; The Nation- 

 al Museum reports Nos. 38495, 38499,38503,38503 all taken 

 at Laramie peak, 1864, and Nos. 8219 and 69895 taken at Lar- 

 amie; Holden reported this variety from Sherman, 1872. Cary 

 furnishes the following interesting note in reference to New- 

 castle : "Abundant breeder. Two nests were found, the first 

 on June 3, 1900, containing four fresh eggs ; the second on June 

 13, containing four young. Both nests were on the sloping 

 sides of a canon about six feet from the bottom, beside small 

 rocks. They were composed of pine needles and lined with 

 fine grass." I saw these birds at Lander in May, 1902. 



I am of the opinion that some of this data belongs to mcgal- 

 onyx. Along the eastern part of the state it is very difficult 

 to separate the arctic variety from the spurred. Two skins 

 belonging to the University collection, which were taken in 

 Johnson and Crook counties, have been identified by Ridgway 

 as mcgalonyx. 



588 a. Pipilo maculatus megalonyx (Baird.). 

 Spurred Towhee. 

 Summer resident in northeastern Wyoming and abundant. 

 I have found these birds in great numbers about Sundance 

 mountain and the Bear Lodge mountains earlv in July, with 

 their young just able to fly. There are but three recorded 



