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much darker colored and more heavily marked than any juvenal 

 example of towns* ndi at hand. The one in winter plumage is 

 of intensely deep coloration, about clove brown on the head, and 

 very slightly more castaneous on the lower back. The lateral 

 under .surface of the body and the spots on the breast are also 

 dull and sooty, with hardly an indication of reddish. It is 

 markedly different from examples of townsendi in corresponding 

 plumage. 



Passerella iliaca insularis Ridgway 

 Kadiak Fox Sparrow 

 A single specimen, an adult female, taken by .Miss Alexander 

 at Parksville, April 26 (no. 16255). It was caught in a mouse 

 trap, and was the only one of the species secured. 



Passerella iliaca townsendi (Audubon) 

 Townsend Fox Sparrow 



Two specimens taken by Miss Alexander at Parksville. April 

 26 and 28, were evidently migrants. The species was not again 

 encountered until September 24. at Errington, when two fox 

 sparrows were seen. The one secured proved to be of this sub- 

 species. These two were the only ones noted in September, though 

 they might be supposed to migrate commonly through the region. 

 Possibly they pass through at a somewhat later date. 



The three birds from Vancoiiver Island (nos. 16248-16250) 

 are typical examples of townsendi, as compared with specimens 

 from southeastern Alaska. 



Pipilo maculatus oregonus Bell 

 Oregon Towhee 



An abundant species on the east coast of Vancouver Island. 

 Many were seen and specimens collected at all the various points 

 visited from Xanaimo to Alberni — Parksville, Errington, French 

 Creek, and Little Qualicum River. At Nootka the towhees were 

 absent, together with many other common east coast birds. 



In the vicinity of Beaver Creek and Alberni, in June, they 

 were fairly numerous in the shrubbery, and at this time many 

 young ones began to appear. At Errington. in September, they 

 were also quite common. 



