136 BIRDS FKOM PACIFIC COAST TOWNSEND. 



Corvus corax sinuatus (Wagl.). 



Abundant and very familiar; three specimens, March 10. 



Fregata aquila (Linn.), 

 Numerous; one specimen, March 10. 



Sula piscator (LiNN.). 



Three specimens, March 10. 



Sula brewsteri Goss. 

 One specimen, March 10. 



Sula cyanops (Sund.). 



One specimen, March 10. 



These three specimens of Sula are rather numerous at San Benedicte 

 Island. 



IV. Lower California. 



Amphispiza belli cinerea subsp. nov. 



SuBSP. CHAR, — Adult male : Eesembles A. belli nevadensis in light- 

 ness of coloration, but is mucli smaller, paler, and less streaked, being 

 without the dark streaks on the back, and having the markings of 

 throat and breast diminished. Wing, 2.25; tail, 2.55; culmen, .35; 

 tarsus, .75. 



Type, No. 117575, <5 , U. S. Nat. Mus. Ballaenas Bay, Lower Cali- 

 fornia, May, 1888. C. H. Townseud. 



Two specimens ; others apparently similar were seen. 



Calamospiza melanocorys (Stejn.). 

 One specimen. May, Ballaenas Bay, Lower California. 



^gialitis nivosa (Cass.)- 

 One specimen. 



Callipepla californica vallicola (Ridgw.). 



Four specimens. Cape St. Lucas, April 7. 



Harporhynchus cinereus Xantus. 

 Two specimens. Cape St. Lucas, April 7. 



Campylorhynchus affinis Xantus. 

 Two specimens. Cape St. Lucas, April 7. 



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