PIPILO. MELOZONE. 285 



Pipilo albigula, Baird. 



Pipilo fuscus, var. albigula, liaird, Brewer Sf Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, ii. 



p. 127 (1874). 

 Pipilo albigula, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 755 (1888) ; Ridgw. 



Birds North $ Middle Amer. i. p. 433 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. 



p. 320 (1909). 



Two eggs of the Saint Lucas Towhee closely resemble the eggs of 

 the second clutch of P. mesoleucus described above and require no 

 separate description. They measure respectively : -88 by '07 ; 

 88 by -66. 



2. Cape St. Lucas, California, 18th Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Aug. (J. Xantus: Smiths. 

 /**.). 



Pipilo crissalis ( Fig.). 



Pipilo fuscus, var. crissalis, Baird, Brewer Sf Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, ii. 



p. 122(1874). 

 Pipilo crissalis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 753 (1888) ; id. Hand-l. 



v. p. 320 (1909). 

 Pipilo crissalis crissalis, Ridgw. Birds North $ Middle Amer. \. p. 434 



(1901). 



Eggs of the Californian Towhee closely resemble the egg of 

 P. fuscus described above, but are rather smaller. They measure 

 from -94 to 1-0 in length, and from -68 to '73 in breadth. 



2. California (JR. Ridgway : Tristram Crowley Bequest. 



Coll.}. 

 1. California, 12th April. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



1. California, 24th April. Crowley Bequest. 



4. California (Henshaw Coll.'). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



4. Moraga Valley, California, 24th W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 

 May (T. LiUencrantz). [P.]. 



Genus MELOZONE, Reichenb. 

 Melozone biarcuatum (Prevost). 



Pyrgisoma biarcuatum, Scl. 8f Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 18, pi. v. fig. 2 ; Solo. 



$ Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves,\. p. 401 (1886); Sharpe, Cat. 



Birds B. M. xii. p. 733 (1888) ; Nehrk. Rat. Eiersamml. p. 117 



(1899). 

 Melozone biarcuatum, Ridgw. Birds North Sf Middle Amer. \. p. 443 



(1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 321 (1909). 



The eggs of Prevost's Ground-Sparrow are of a regular oval shape 

 and moderately glossy. They are white or creamy-white, marked 

 with specks, spots, and small blotches of rather bright brick-red 

 and lilac. The markings are very dense at the broad end, where 



