PIPILO.—MELOZONE. 285 
Pipilo albigula, Baird. 
Pipilo fuscus, var. albigula, Baird, Brewer § Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, ii. 
p. 127 (1874). 
Pipilo albigula, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M, xii. p. 755 (1888); Ridgw. 
Birds North § Middle Amer. i. p. 483 (1901' ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. 
p. 820 (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 ‘67; 
*88 by °66. 
2. Cape St. Iucas, California, 18th Salvin-Godman Coll. 
Aug. (J. NXantus: Smiths. 
Inst.). 
Pipilo crissalis (Vig.). 
Pipilo fuscus, var. crissalis, Baird, Brewer § Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, ii. 
p- 122 (1874). 
DPipilo crissalis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 758 (1888) ; td. Hand-l, 
v. p. 820 (1909). 
Pipilo crissalis crissalis, Ridgw. Birds North § Middle 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 1:0 in length, and from °68 to °73 in breadth. 
2. California (R. Ridgway: Tristram Crowley Bequest. 
Coll.). 
1. California, 12th April. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
(aes. 
1. California, 24th April. Crowley Bequest. 
4. California (Henshaw Coll.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 
4. Moraga Valley, California, 24th W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq, 
May (Z. Liliencrantz). PE: 
Genus MELOZONE, Reichenb. 
Melozone biarcuatum (Prévost). 
Pyrgisoma biarcuatum, Sel. § Saly. Ibis, 1859, p. 18, pl. v. fig. 2; Salv, 
§ Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 401 (1886); Sharpe, Cat. 
Birds B. M. xii. p. 733 (1888); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersammi. p. 117 
(1899). 
Melozone biarcuatum, Itedgw. Birds North § Middle Amer. i. p. 443 
(1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 321 (1909). 
The eggs of Prévost’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 
