140 BIRDS FROM PACIFIC COAST TOWNSEND. 



Thryothorus bewickii bairdi (Salv. and Godm,). 

 Five specimens, January and May. 



Amphispiza belli (Cass.). 

 Eight specimens, January 25, 1889, and May 8, 1888. 



Pipilo maculatus megalonyx (Baird). 

 One specimen, January 25. 



Carpodacus frontalis (Say). 

 Four specimens. May 8, 1888, and January 25, 1889. 

 Otocoris alpestris insularis subsp. nov^. 



SuBSP. CHAE. — Aditlt male : In this bird the pallid and the ruddy 

 colorations, characteristic of the western horned larks, are reduced to 

 the minimum. It is much darker than Otocoris alpestris chrysolcema, 

 with the light edging of the dark feathers of the back more sharply de- 

 fined, and feathers of sides darker. Wing, 3.85 ; tail, 2.60 ; culmen, 

 .45 ; tarsus, .85. 



Type, No. 117674, U. S. Xat.Mus. San Clemente Island, January 25. 

 C. H. Townsend. 



Four specimens. This dark race inhabits the islands of San Nicolas, 

 San Clemente, Santa Cruz, and Santa Rosa, and is very abundant. It 

 was not found on the small island of Santa Barbara. 



Speotyto cunicularia hypogeea (Bonap.). 

 Two specimens, January 25. 



Ptychorhamphus aleuticus (Pall.). 

 One specimen, January 25. 



X. San Nicolas Island, California. 



Otocoris alpestris insularis Towns. 

 Four specimens, January 25, 1889. 



XI. Santa Rosa Island, California. 



Carpodacus frontalis (Say). 

 Five specimens, January 7. 



Melospiza fasciata clementae Towns. 

 Four specimens, January 7. 



Pipilo maculatus megalonyx (Baird). 

 Two specimens, January 7. 



