1911 J Bowles, Range of Certain Birds on the Pacific Slope. 175 



This is, of course, not sufficient proof for a breeding record, but it 

 strongly indicates the possibility of a summer resident. 



Yaldez Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca sinuosa). — This new 

 subspecies was recently described by Mr. Jos. Grinnell from speci- 

 mens taken on the Alexander Alaska Expedition of 1908. The 

 type, a male, was taken by Mr. J. Dixon, on August 26, 1908, at 

 Drier Bay, Knight Island, Prince William Sound, Alaska. 



I first saw this subspecies here at Santa Barbara on November 13, 

 1910, when I collected a female. Since then I have seen them 

 here more or less commonly up to date of writing, December 31. 

 I have taken other specimens on the following dates: a male No- 

 vember 18 and 23, and December 24. It is rather interesting to 

 note that I saw none of these sparrows during the winter of 1909-10. 



Stephens's Fox Sparrow (Passcrclla iliaca stephensi). — On 

 August 30, 1910, Mr. E. S. Spaulding, of Santa Barbara, secured 

 one of these sparrows for me at Little Pine, one of the higher 

 peaks in the hills of Santa Barbara County, the elevation being 

 nearly 3000 feet. Mr. Spaulding reported them as being numerous 

 but it was, of course, too late a date to ascertain if they nested in 

 the vicinity. This, I believe, makes a farthest north record for 

 this subspecies. 



It may, perhaps, be of interest to state that Mr. Spaulding saw 

 the California Pine Grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator calif ornica) 

 in the same vicinity where he took the stephensi. 



Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca iliaca). — Although the title of 

 this article does not, strictly speaking, apply to this case, another 

 record of this sparrow in California may possibly be of some inter- 

 est. On January 1, 1911, I collected a handsome male of this 

 species here at Santa Barbara. It was in a mixed company of 

 Golden-crowned Sparrows (Zonotrichia coronata) and Valdez Fox 

 Sparrows (Passerella iliaca sinuosa), from which it was at once 

 distinguishable on account of its much brighter plumage. 



Anthony's Towhee (Pipilo crissalis senicula). — Given in the 

 Check-List as occurring " south of the San Bernadino Mountains 

 and on the Pacific side of Lower California south," etc. 



A towhee that I collected here at Santa Barbara on March 9, 

 1910, one of a pair, is identified as senicula. This I believe to be 

 our breeding form. It seemed unnecessary to collect others 



