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153: Pipilo maculatus clementae Grinnell 
San CLEMENTE TOWHEE 
Pipilo megalonyx (1) Cooper, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., Iv, 1870, p. 78. (2) Cooper, Land 
Birds Calif., 1870, p. 242. 
Pipilo maculatus megalonyx (3) Belding, Land Birds Pac. Dist., 1890, p. 171. (4) Town- 
send, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xm, 1890, p. 140. (5) Grinnell, Auk, xv, 1898, p. 234. 
Pipilo clementae (6) Grinnell, Auk, xty, 1897, p. 294. (7) Grinnell, Pasadena Acad. Sci., 
1, 1897, p. 19. (8) Grinnell, Pac. Coast Avif., 3, 1902, p. 58. (9) Linton, Condor, x, 
1908, p. 85. 
Pipilo maculatus clementae (10) A. O. U. Committee, Auk, xvi, 1899, p. 120. (1/1) Ridg- 
way, Birds North & Mid. Am., 1, 1901, p. 418. (72) Mearns, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., 
LVI, 1907, p. 141. (13) Richardson, Condor, x, 1908, p. 68. (14) A. O. U. Check-list, 
3d ed., 1910, p. 280. (15) Willett, Pac. Coast Avif., 7, 1912, p. 87. (16) Grinnell, 
Pac. Coast Avif., 8, 1912, p. 22. (17) Grinnell, Pac. Coast Avif., 11, 1915, p. 133. 
P{[ipilo]. m[aculatus]. clementis (18) Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 5th ed., 1903, p. 460. 
P{[ipilo]. m[aculatus]. clementae (19) Bailey, Handb. Birds West. U. S., 2d ed., 1904, p. 
366. (20) Reed, N. Am. Birds’ Eggs, 1904, p. 270. (21) Swarth, Condor, xv, 1913, p. 
168. 
Common resident of San Clemente, Santa Catalina and Santa Rosa islands. 
Originally described by J. Grinnell (6) from a male taken on San Clemente Isl- 
and, March 31, 1897. It differs from megalonyx in being slightly larger, especi- 
ally the bill and feet, and with lower back and rump grayer. C. B. Linton (9) 
says that the birds are common near Mosquito Harbor, San Clemente Island. In 
October, 1907, they were shaking the twigs of the wild cherry trees and then 
flying down to feed on the fallen fruit. They practically do not occur on the 
western end of the island, for during a three weeks stay, a single call note from 
a dense patch of cactus was all that D. R. Dickey, L. M. Huey and I saw or heard 
of them. 
I have found them in some numbers on Catalina during April. In the early 
mornings the males will mount some bush and send forth their characteristic 
note by the hour, but later in the day they scratch among the leaves in the shade 
of the bushes. Here they are rather hard to locate, and unless approached with 
due caution, will dive into the bush and become hopelessly lost in the scrub on 
the other side. R. M. Perez (15) took three sets of eggs here from April 13 to 16, 
1911, in which ineubation was advanced. 
A single bird was reported from Santa Barbara Island by J. G. Cooper (1). 
If correct in regard to the locality of the specimen, it must have been a straggler 
either from Catalina or Santa Cruz. If from the latter island, it would of course 
be referable to the next form. Reported as not rare on Santa Rosa. A. van Ros- 
sem (MS) tells me that the note of the towhees on San Clemente has none of the 
querulous upward inflection of that of megalonyx, and is shorter and more in- 
sistent. I have also been impressed by the unusual tone of the notes of this form 
on Catalina. 
154. Pipilo maculatus megalonyx Baird 
San Dizco TOWHEE 
Pipilo maculatus var. megalonyx (1) Henshaw, Rep. Wheeler Sury., 1876, p. 247. 
