1908] Grinnell—Biota of the San Bernardino Mountains. 103 
Pipilo crissalis senicula (Anthony). Anthony Towhee. 
Anthony towhees were seen only on the Pacifie side of the 
mountains in the main part of the brush belt. I saw four in- 
dividuals on the north side of the upper Santa Ana, at about 5500 
feet altitude, August 5, 1907, this being the highest point of 
record. A single pair were seen near Seven Oaks 5000 feet 
altitude, July 9, 1905; and a pair with full-grown young were 
seen at Clarke’s ranch, nearly 5000 altitude, September 4. One 
individual was seen near the mouth of Foresee creek July 13. 
Further down toward the mouths of the Santa Ana and Mill 
creek the species was more common. It seems to be strictly an 
Upper and Lower Sonoran species. 
Oreospiza chlorura (Audubon). Green-tailed Towhee. 
Green-tailed towhees were common birds of the Transition 
zone, especially in its upper half. A few were taken on the 
desert side of the mountains in the pinon belt; but this was 
late in summer, when those noted ,there may have come down 
from their breeding grounds higher up. Several individuals of 
this species were noted in the vicinity of Dry lake, 9000 feet 
altitude, which was the highest station. They were there in the 
manzanita brush (Transition) on a south-facing slope. Young 
were noted there in July. On the north side of San Bernardino 
peak, 7000 to 8500 feet altitude, they were common July 12, 
1905. Along the upper Santa Ana, above the 5500-foot contour 
elevation, green-tailed towhees were fairly common breeding 
birds. <A nest found June 16, 1907, near the mouth of the South 
Fork was built in a slight hollow in the ground at the base of a 
small and scraggly specimen of the sage (Artemisia tridentata). 
This was in an open space on the canon bottom fully twenty feet 
from any more pretentious bush, such as we had expected to find 
this bird selecting as a shelter for its home. The rim of the nest 
was flush with the surface of the ground, and almost touching 
the main stalks of the sage which partially overhung it. The 
nest consisted of a basement-formation of weed stems, coarse 
grasses and some strips of cedar bark, with a lining of fine brown 
plant stems. The nest held four young about half grown. The 
