i 9 6 PASSERES : Perching Birds 



VALDEZ FOX SPARROW 



(585-. Passerella iliaca sinuosa) 1\ in. 



Not in A.O.U. Check List. 



Rich brown above, slightly grayish on head; tail dull rufous; 

 heavily marked below with brown wedges and large breast-spot. 

 Bill small 



(Note. This description is almost equally good for a half- 

 dozen others of the brown Fox Sparrow group.) 



SAN DIEGO TOWHEE 



(588d. Pipilo maculatus megalonyx) 8 in. 



Male: Black, with white breast and belly, and rufous sides; 

 wings and shoulders heavily white-splashed; " corners" of tail 

 white. 



Female: Sooty gray instead of black. 



Juvenile: Streaked brown and dusky above; brown below, 

 dusky-streaked; wing-feathers edged white and buffy. 



Call-note, "Mar-e-e-e," is distinctive. 



SPURRED TOWHEE 



(588a. Pipilo maculatus montanus) 8 in. 

 Generally resembles the San Diego Towhee, but white mark- 

 ings of wings and tail are more extensive. 



SAN CLEMENTE TOWHEE 



(588c. Pipilo maculatus clementae) 8 in. 



Differs very little from the San Diego. Black of male has 

 grayish cast, while same parts in female are lighter. 



A geographic race, identifiable in the field from its habitat. 



CANYON TOWHEE 



(591. Pipilo fuscus mesoleucus) S in. 



Crown cinnamon-brown ; throat nearly white, bordered with 

 brownish streaks; blackish chest-spot; back and wings gray- 

 brown. 



Familiar and confiding in contact with man, like the Anthony 

 Towhee, but of noisier, more garrulous disposition. 



