riPiLo. — iiKLozoNE. 285 



Pipilo albigula, Baird. 



Pipllo fuscus, var. albigula, Baird, Breiver 8f Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, ii. 



p. 127 (1874). 

 Pipilo albifiula, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 755 (1888); Ridgw. 



Birds Sorth ^- Middle Amer. i. p. 433 (1901,' ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. 



p. 3l'0 (1909). 



Two eggs of the Saint Lucas Towhee closely resemble the eggs of 

 the second clutch of P. mesoleucus described above and require no 

 separate description. They measure respectively : -88 by -Cu ; 

 •88 by -66. 



2. Cape St. T-ucas, California, l^th Salviu-Godmau Coll. 

 Aug. {J. Xantug : iSiniths. 

 Inst.). 



Pipilo crissalis ( Vir/.). 



Pipilo fuscus, var. crissalis, Baird, Brewer i^- Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, ii. 



p. 122 (1874). 

 Pipilo crissalis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 753 (1888) ; id. Hand-l. 



V. p. 320 (1909). 

 Pipilo crissalis crissalis, Ridgw. Birds North i^- 3Tiddle Amer. i. p. 434 



(1901). 



Eggs of the Californian Towhee closely resemble the egg of 

 P. fuscus described above, but are rather smaller. They measure 

 from -94 to I'O in length, and from -68 to -73 in breadth. 



2. California (R. Ridgway : Tristram Crowley Bequest. 



Coll.). 

 1. California, 12th April. VV. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



1. California, 24tli April. Crowley Bequest. 



4. California (Henshaw Coll.). Salvin-Godnian Coll. 



4. Moraga Valley, California, 24th W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 

 May (T. Liliencrantz). [P.]. 



Genus WELOZO'S'E, Reiclienb. 

 Melozone biarcuatum {Prcvost). 



Pyrgisoma biarcuatum, Scl. ^- Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 18, pi. v. fig. 2; Salv. 



(§■ God7n. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 401 (1886); Sharpe, Cat. 



Birds B. 31. xii. p. 733 (1888) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 117 



(1899). 

 Melozone biarcuatum, Ridgw. Birds North Sf Middle Amer. i. p. 443 



(1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 321 (1909). 



The eggs of Provost's Ground-Sparrow are of a regular oval shape 

 and moderately glossy. They are white or creamy-white, marked 

 with specks, spots, and small blotches of rather bright brick-red 

 and lilac. The markings are very dense at the broad end, where 



