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589. Guadalupe Towhee, Pipilo consobrinus. 



Range. Guadalupe Island, Lower California. 



Similar to oregonus but smaller and with a relatively shorter tail The nest- 

 ing habits and eggs of this species will not likely be found to differ essentially 

 from those of others of the genus. 

 591. Canon Towhee. Pipilo fuscus mesoleucus. 



Range.-Mexico and north to Arizona and New Mexico and casually farther to 



These birds have a brownish crown and under tail coverts 

 the rest of the plumage being brownish gray, lighter below 

 A common species in the valleys and on the side hills, nest- 

 ing in bushes near the ground, and sometimes on the 

 ground; the nests are made of grasses, weeds and twigs lined 

 with rootlets, and the three or four eggs are greenish blue 

 sparingly spotted or scrawled with blackish brown, the 

 markings being similar to those on many Red-winged [Greenish blue.] 

 Blackbirds' eggs. Size 1.00 x .70. 



NEST AND EGGS OF 



Photo by C. A. Reed. 

 TOWHEE. 



