420 BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Adidf j/Kde.—ljength (skins), 186.69-202.69 (191.01); wing, 81.53- 

 90.17 (86.11); tail 9-1.49-1(12.11 (97.54); exposed culmen, 12.95-14.99 

 (13.72); depth of bill at base, 9.91-10.92 (10.41); tarsus, 26.42-29.21 

 (28.19); middle toe, 18.54-20.32 (19.56); hind ehiw, 12.45-14.22 

 (13.21); white on lateral tail-feather, 21.59-28.45 (23.88).' 



AduH feiiHih'. — Length (skin), 191.77; wing, 83.31: exposed culmen, 

 12.95; depth of bill at base, 9.91; tarsus, 26.67; middle toe, 17.78; 

 hind claw. 12.70; white on outer tiiil-feather, 20.83." 



Southei'n coast district of California south of Sierra San Fernando 

 and Sierra San Gabriel (Los Angeles and San Diego counties), and 

 south into Lower California. 



Pipild mef/(i(on>ix (not of Baird) Sclater, t'at. Am. Binis, 1862, 119 (heights of 

 San Pasqual, San Diego Co., California). 



Pipilo maculatuit megalonyx M(jrcom, Bull. Ridgw. Orn. Club, no. 2, 1887, 50 (San 

 Gorgonio and Bear valleys, San Bernardino Co., s. California). — Emerson, 

 Bull. Cal. Ac. Sci., 1887, 423 (Volcan Mts., San Diego Co., s. California).— 

 (?) Anthony, Zoe, iv, 1893, 242 (San Pedro Martir Mts., Lower Calfornia). — 

 Grinnell, Pub. ii, Pasadena Acad. Sci., 1898, 40 (Los Angeles Co., s. Cali- 

 fornia, resident) . 



P. [ipilo'] maailatus megalonyx Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 437, jiart. 



Pipilo tuaculatns atrgfus Ridgway, Auk, xvi, July, 1899, 254 (Pasadena, Los 

 Angeles Co., s. California; IT. S. Nat. Mus. ). 



PIPILO MACULATUS OREGCNUS (Bell). 

 OREGON TOWHEE. 



Similar to J\ m. iiteyalouy.r but smaller (except bill and feet), with 

 hind claw much smaller, and coloration much darker; adult male with 

 few if any white streaks on back, those on scapulars much reduced 

 in size, white wing-markings much smaller (sometimes almost obsolete), 

 and white tail-spots much smaller; adult female with color of throat 

 and chest dark soot}^ brown or sooty black, general color of upper 

 parts dark soot}^ brown, and white markings much more restricted 

 than in female of P. m. niegcdonyx,' young darker and more uniform 

 in color than young of P. in. inegcdonyx^ the anterior under parts 

 (throat, chest, etc.) nearly uniform sooty, instead of conspicuously 

 streaked. 



J.6^M^^y/ia/^.— Length (skins), 179.83-207.77 (197.10); wing, 81.79- 

 88.14 (84.58); tail, 86.87-98.30 (93.73); exposed culmen, 13.72-14.99 

 (14.48); depth of bill at base, 9.65-11.68 (10.92); tarsus, 26.92-28.96 

 (27.94); middle toe, 18.54-20.32 (20.07); hind claw, 9.91-13.21 (10.92); 

 white on lateral tail-feather, 16.00-24.64 (20.32).' 



Ad idt female.— IjK^^gXh (skins), 176.53-203.20 (195.83); wing. 76.96- 

 85.85 (80.77); tail, 84.07-97.79 (90.68); exposed culmen, 13.21-14.73 

 (14.22); depth of bill at base, 10.41-11.18(10.67); tarsus, 24.89-28.45 



' Eleven specimens. * Thirteen specimens. 



^ One specimen. 



