54 Oberholser, Races of Toxostoma redivivum. [j" n 



Dr. Grinnell, in describing his Harporhynchus redivivus pasadenen- 

 sis, considered that the bird inhabiting the southern side of Mon- 

 tery Bay, including the type locality of Toxostoma redivivum 

 redivivum, was the same as that of the southern shore of San 

 Francisco Bay, and thus, by inclusion of the type, made the north- 

 ern bird the typical race. A recent careful examination of Gambel 's 

 type of Harpes rediviva, which is now in the Academy of Natural 

 Sciences at Philadelphia, shows that this arrangement apparently 

 needs revision. This type is an old specimen, which was for a 

 long time mounted and thus exposed to the light, and has conse- 

 quently become somewhat discolored, particularly on the upper 

 parts. Except for its more brownish upper surface, which is 

 apparently due to this discoloration, it is in all respects readily 

 matched by many of our large series of birds from southern Cali- 

 fornia; and although it shows a slight vergence toward the northern 

 race, its whitish throat, dark breast, and pale under parts leave 

 no doubt of its correct identification with the race from southern 

 California, called by Dr. Grinnell Harporhynchus redivivus pasade- 

 nensis. This identification of Gambel 's type specimen is fortified 

 by a series of adult and young birds from Seaside, California, 

 which is situated on the southeastern shore of Monterey Bay 

 but a short distance east of Monterey. These examples, while 

 showing a slight inclination toward the northern subspecies, are 

 very much nearer the southern form. It is evident, therefore, that 

 the name Toxostoma redivivum redivivum must be transferred to 

 the southern race, to displace Toxostoma redivivum pasadenense 

 (Grinnell), while another name must be found for the bird now 

 known as Toxostoma redivivum redivivum. Adult specimens from 

 Paso Robles, in San Luis Obispo County, and from Jolon, in 

 Monterey County, are also clearly referable to this race, since 

 they are not distinguishable from many southern California speci- 

 mens. The same remarks are applicable to our juvenal examples 

 from Paraiso Springs in Monterey County. Birds from Chinese 

 in Calaveras County, Brentwood in northeastern Contra Costa 

 County, and Amador in Amador County, vary slightly toward 

 the northern subspecies, Toxostoma redivivum sonomae, but belong 

 clearly to the present form. A series of both juvenal and adult 

 birds from Campo, Jacumba, Cameron Ranch, and Pine Valley, 





