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585. 4. Sooty Fox Sparrow. 



Passerella iliaca fuliginosa Ridgway. 1899. 



Breeding in the coast district of southwestern British Colum- 

 bia, including Vancouver island. {Ridgway.) I have only found 

 this bird west of the Coast range in B.C. It is a common summer 

 resident on Vancouver island, where it breeds. {Fannin.) A 

 common species in spring around Victoria, V.I. A marked peculi- 

 arity of this bird is its scraping among the leaves when feeding, 

 just like a hen. While doing this it hops about with its tail elevated 

 like a wren. It was seen late in June, 1887. {Macoun.) Regular 

 summer visitor in British Columbia. {Lord.) Tolerably common 

 migrant at Chilli wack, B.C.; breeding on the summits of the Coast 

 range. {Brooks.) Seen on Sea island, near Vancouver, B.C., April 

 25th, 1894. {E. F. G. White.) 



585c. Slate-coloured Sparrow. 



Passerella iliaca schistacea (Baird) Allen. 1872. 



Quite common at Banff, Rocky mountains, in May and June, 

 1 89 1 where they were evidently breeding; rare at Penticton, B.C., 

 in April, 1903; one specimen of this form was seen at Rossland, 

 B.C., in June, 1902; one female was shot at Revelstoke, B.C., 

 April 25th, 1890; observed near Fernie, B.C., in willow thickets, 

 April, 1904; first noted at Midway, B.C., May ist, 1905, and on July 

 24th at an altitude of 6,000 feet near the Skagit river one appeared 

 to have a nest. {Spreadborough.) Taken at Nelson, on Kootenay 

 river, B.C., and two intermediates from further west. {Rhoads.) 



CCXXXI. PIPILO ViEILLOT. 1816. 



687. Towhee. 



Pipilo erythrophthalmus (Linn.) Vieill. 1824. 



Audubon, Vol. III., p. 168, states that it occurs northward to 

 Labrador. {Packard.) Accidental in New Brunswick: one shot 

 at Irishtown, May 8th, 1881. {Chamberlain.) Cap Rouge, near 

 Quebec, obtained by Mr. Nelson. {Dionne.) A few seen and one 

 taken at Ottawa in August, 1890. (F. A. Saunders.) Three or 

 four of these birds were seen by the keeper of the rifle range at 



