CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 525 
was new to us; the next day it was seen again and we decided it 
was a towhee; on the 26th Prof. Macoun flushed a bird off its nest 
under a bush of Ceanothus velutinus and he immediately shot it. 
The male then came along and was shot also; they proved it to be 
this form; within the nest were four half-grown young which we 
drowned. Common everywhere at Trail, B.C., in low bushes, 
young ready to fly, June Ist, 1902; common in low brushat Pentic- 
ton, south of Lake Okanagan, B.C., April, 1903; also at S:camous 
and Enderby, B.C. (Spreadborough.) Anadult male and female 
taken at Ashcroft. (Stveator.) East of Coast Range; breeds at 
Ashcroft. (/annin.) Abundantly haunting the woodlands of all 
points visited in British Columbia up to 4000 feet. (//oads.) 
MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 
Fourteen ; two taken at Robson, B.C., June, 1890, by Prof. 
Macoun; four taken at Trail, B.C., in May, 1902, four at Cascade, 
B.C. in June, 1902, and four at Penticton, B.C., April, 1903, all 
by Mr. Spreadborough. 
588b. Oregon Towhee. 
Pipilo maculatus oregonus (BELL) COUES. 1872. 
Abundant onthe coast at Hastings, on Burrard Inlet and at 
Port Heney and Agassiz on the Fraser River, in 1889; very abund- 
ant at Chilliwack and at Huntington on the International Boun- 
dary in 1902 ; abundant on Vancouver Island and on the islands in 
the Gulf of Georgia. (Spreadborough.) Abundant on the coast of 
British Columbia; breeds. (Szveator.) An abundant resident west 
of the Coast Range ; winters on the coast. (Fannin.) Common 
at Chilliwack ; permanent resident. (Bvooks.) Replacing mega- 
lonyx west of the Coast Range. Its exact counterpart in habits 
and habitat. (Rdoads.) Rather common around Vancouver and 
Stanley Park in July, 1895. (4. F. G. White.) 
MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 
Nineteen; two taken at Agassiz, B.C., May, 1889, three at Port 
Heney, Fraser River, B.C., April, 1889, six at Chilliwack, B.C., in 
May and June, Igo1, five at Huntington, B.C. in October, 1901, 
two at Victoria, Vancouver Island, in April, 1893, and one at 
Comox, Vancouver Island, June 22nd, 1893, all by Mr. Spread- 
borough. 
