250 LAND BIRDS 
happy description of some characteristics of the Eastern 
variety is applicable also to that called the Californian. 
He says: 
“There is a vigorousness about the Towhee’s notes 
and actions which suggests both a bursting, energetic 
disposition and a good constitution. He entirely dom- 
inates the thicket or bushy undergrowth in which he 
makes his home. The dead leaves fly before his attack ; 
his white-tipped tail-feathers flash in the gloom of his 
haunts. He greets all passers with a brisk, inquiring 
chewink, towhee; and, if you pause to reply, with a 
fluff, fluff of his short, rounded wings he flies to a 
near-by limb better to inspect you. 
“Tt is only when singing that the Towhee is fully at 
rest. Then a change comes over him; he is in love, 
and, mounting a low branch, he gives voice to his passion 
in song. I have long tried to express the Towhee song 
in words, but never succeeded as well as Ernest Thomp- 
son when he wrote it chuck-burr, pill-a-willa-will-a.” 
591c. ANTHONY TOWHEE. 
Pipilo fuscus senicula. 
Famity: The Finches, Sparrows, etc. 
Length: 8.20-8.30. 
Adults: Similar to Californian towhee, but smaller, darker, and grayer. 
Geographical Distribution : Southern California. 
California Breeding Range: Below Transition zone in the San Diegan 
district. 
Breeding Season: March, April, and May. 
Nest and Eggs: Similar to those of the Californian towhee. 
Tue Anthony Towhee chooses more southern breed- 
ing grounds than any of its Californian kinsfolk. This is 
