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" Subsp. char. — Most closely related to guttata but darker and without 

 rusty wash ; spotting of lower parts tending more to streaks than to 

 spots as in guttata ; wing slightly longer. Entire upper parts, sides of 

 head and flanks are darker and less grayish than in heermanni. 



" Type, No. 2222, $ adult, Coll. R. C. McG., Battle Creek, California, 

 Oct. 19, 1898. Wing, 2.82; tail, 2.74; tarsus, .88; exposed culmen, .44 

 [in.]. 



•' Geog. Dist. — Northern Sacramento Valley, south in winter to San 

 Francisco Bay." 



This form is intermediate between Melospiza fasciata guttata and 

 M.f. heermanni. 



Pipilo fuscus carolae McGregor. 

 Northern Brown Towhee. 



Pipilo fuscus carola; McGregor, Bull. Cooper Orn. Club, I, No. 1, Jan.-'* 

 Feb. 1S99, 11. 



•'Closely related to P. f. crissalis but distinguished by grayer and 

 more uniform color of upper parts, much paler throat patch and slightly 

 longer tail. 



" Type, ad. male (No. 2200, Coll. R. C McG.; Battle Creek, California, 

 Nov. 7, 1S98). Wing, 4.01; tail, 4.49; tarsus, 1.08; exposed culmen, .62 

 [in.]." 



"Battle Creek the type locality, forms the boundary line between 

 Tehama and Shasta Counties." 



Dendroica coronata hooveri McGregor. 

 Hoover's Warbler. 



Dendroica coronata hooveri McGregor, Bull. Cooper Orn. Club, I. 

 No. 2, March-April, 1S99, 32. 



" Subsp. char. — In colors and markings like Dendroica coronata, but 

 with wing and tail much longer. 



•' Type, No. 198S, $ adult, Coll. T. J. Hoover, Palo Alto, California, 

 April 16, 1S98. In summer plumage. Above bluish slate, streaked with 

 black; top of head more finely streaked; crown, rump and sides with 

 patches of lemon yellow; superciliary stripe, eyelids, throat, belly, spots 

 behind nostrils, two bars on wings and spot on inner web of three outer 

 tail feathers, white ; cheeks and lores, black ; feathers of breast black- 

 centered. Wing, 3.00; tail, 2.31 ; exposed culmen, .38 [in.]. 



" Geog. Dist. — Western United States, breeding probably in British 

 Columbia and Alaska." 



Average of 7 males of D. c. hooveri: wing, 3.02; tail, 2.30; exposed 

 culmen, .36 in. 



