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taken; second, thai through a crippled condition this bird had 

 not been able to travel back' north to the regular summer habitat 

 of the subspecies. No indication of injury was in evidence. 

 however. 



Whatever the explanation the bird is a perfectly typical 

 example of P. i. schistacea, as determined by comparison with 

 extensive series of this form. The normal range of schistacea 

 finds its southern limit in the White Mountains, Mom) County, 

 California, aboul 250 miles north of San Jacinto Peak, while 

 another race, megarhyncha, occurs in parts of the intervening 

 region. 



Pipilo maculatus megalonyx Baird 

 Spurred Towhee 



An abundant and characteristic species in the chaparral uf 

 the Upper Sonoran zone, particularly numerous about Ken- 

 worthy, and eastward to \ r andeventer Flat. A few observed 

 along the stream at Dos Palmos late in .May. probably wanderers 

 from the adjacent hills, attracted by the water, as was the case 

 with several other Upper Sonoran species at this point. On 

 the northern slopes of the range the spurred towhee was found 

 ranging downward as far as the abrupt base of the mountains 

 in the San Gorgonio Pass, al Cabezon and Banning, but not 

 out upon the floor of t his valley. 



On June 11 two nests were found at Oak Tree Spring, 

 between Kenworthy and Palm ('anon. Both were placed in the 

 usual situation, on the ground under over-hanging bushes, and 

 each contained three ee^s. A nest with three eggs no. til i was 

 taken at Cabezon, May 1<>. in a ven similar situation. 



At the time we reached the highesl parts of the mountains, 

 the late summer dispersal of birds was well under way. and the 

 spurred towhees had ascended to points probably far above the 

 normal breeding range. Full-grown juvenals were secured near 

 the summit of Toro Peak i 8000 feet . July 1. and at Round Val- 

 ley 9000 feet . duly ID. 



Twenty-eight specimens were preserved, from the following 

 localities: Cabezon. one (no. 1609 . Schain's Ranch, sixteen (nos. 



