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Zool.). The range of this race includes the San Francisco Bay region east into 
Contra Costa County and southeast through Santa Clara County. Intergrada- 
tion with P. c. senicula takes place interiorly and to the southeast. Intergrada- 
tion with P. c. carolae is not shown by the material at hand (Mus. Vert. Zool.). 
404 (591.1, part) Pipilo crissalis carolae McGregor 
NorTHERN Brown TOWHEE 
Synonyms—Pipilo crissalis, part; Pipilo fuscus crissalis, part; Pipilo fuscus 
carolae. 
Status—Fairly common resident locally of Upper Sonoran in the interior 
of northern California: Battle Creek, Shasta County (McGregor, Bull. Cooper 
Orn. Club, 1, 1899, p. 11) ; Alton Junction and Beswick, Siskiyou County (Ferry, 
Condor, x, 1908, p. 43) ; Shasta Valley (C. H. Merriam, N. Amer. Fauna no. 16, 
1899, p. 126); Helena, Trinity County, and Tower House, Shasta County (L. 
Kellogg, Condor, xm, 1911, p. 120) ; Cuddeback, Humboldt County (Mus. Vert. 
Zool.) ; Sacramento Valley generally, south to Amador County (J. Grinnell, 
Condor, x1v, 1912, p. 199). Specimens from the latter locality show obvious 
tendency towards P. c. senicula. 
405 (591.1a) Pipilo crissalis senicula Anthony 
ANTHONY Brown TOWHEE 
Synonyms—Pipilo fuscus, part; Pipilo crissalis, part; Pipilo fuscus crissalis, 
part ; Pipilo fuscus senicula; California Towhee, part; Brown Finch, part. 
Status—Common resident of the Upper and Lower Sonoran zones, chiefly 
west of the desert divides, in the San Diegan district and north through the 
coast district at least to Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo County, (Grinnell coll.) ; 
also east and north throughout the San Joaquin valley, and western foothills of 
the Sierra Nevada from the vicinity of Walker Pass (Mus. Vert. Zool.) north- 
wards, blending with P. c. carolae gradually between Madera and Amador. 
counties. Occurs locally a short distance over onto the desert slopes, as at Palm 
Springs (Gilman, Condor, v, 1903, p. 13), and Morongo Pass (F. Stephens, Con- 
dor, v, 1903, p. 103). 
406 (592) Pipilo aberti Baird 
ABERT TOWHEE 
Status—Common resident of the riparian strip along the Colorado River, 
from the Nevada line to the Mexican boundary (many records), thence west 
throughout the Imperial Valley to New River, and northwest beyond Salton Sea 
to Indio and as far as Palm Springs, Riverside County (Gilman, Condor, v, 1903, 
p. 12; and other records). 
407 (592.1) Oreospiza chlorura (Audubon) 
GREEN-TAILED TOWHEE 
Synonyms—Pipilo chlorurus; Embernagra chlorura; Embernagra blanding- 
iana; Atlapetes chlorurus; Green Finch; Blanding Finch. 
