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585. 4. Sooty Fox Sparrow. 
Passerella ilvaca fuliginosa RIDGWAY. 1899. 
Breeding in the coast district of southwestern British Colum- 
bia, including Vancouver island. (Ridgway.) I have only found 
this bird west of the Coast range in B.C. It is a common summer 
resident on Vancouver island, where it breeds. (Fannin.) A 
common species in spring around Victoria, V.I. A marked peculi- 
arity of this bird is its scraping among the leaves when feeding, 
just like a hen. While doing this it hops about with its tail elevated 
like a wren. It was seen late in June, 1887. (Macoun.) Regular 
summer visitor in British Columbia. (Lord.) Tolerably common 
migrant at Chilliwack, B.C.; breeding on the summits of the Coast 
range. (Brooks.) Seen on Sea island, near Vancouver, B.C., April 
25th, 1894. (E. F.G. White.) 
585c. Slate-coloured Sparrow. 
Passerella tlivaca schistacea (BAIRD) ALLEN. 1872. 
Quite common at Banff, Rocky mountains, in May and June, 
1891 where they were evidently breeding; rare at Penticton, B.C., 
in April, 1903; one specimen of this form was seen at Rossland, 
B.C., in June, 1902; one female was shot at Revelstoke, B.C., 
April 25th, 1890; observed near Fernie, B.C., in willow thickets, 
April, 1904; first noted at Midway, B.C., May ist, 1905, and on July 
24th at an altitude of 6,000 feet near the Skagit river one appeared 
to have a nest. (Spreadborough.) Taken at Nelson, on Kootenay 
river, B.C., and two intermediates from further west. (Rhoads.) 
COXeXT. = PIPTLO™ ViEIrLor, 1816. 
587. Towhee. 
Pipilo erythrophthalmus (LINN.) VIEILL. 1824. 
Audubon, Vol. III., p. 168, states that it occurs northward to 
Labrador. (Packard.) Accidental in New Brunswick: one shot 
at Irishtown, May 8th, 1881. (Chamberlain.) Cap Rouge, near 
Quebec, obtained by Mr. Nelson. (Dionne.) A few seen and one 
taken at Ottawa in August, 1890. (Ff. A. Saunders.) Three or 
four of these birds were seen by the keeper of the rifle range at 
