NO. 1196. BIRDS FROM SANTA BARBARA ISLANDS— OBEEHOLSEB. 233 

 PASSERELLA ILIACA STEPHENSI Anthony. 



Although not recorded from any of the islands of the Santa Barbara 

 group, three specimens from Santa Catalina Island are undoubtedly 

 referable to this race, being of course migrants from the mainland, as 

 all the other forms of Passerella seem to be. Two of these individuals 

 are quite typical, the other verging somewhat toward megarhyncha. 

 All have a considerable tinge of brown over the entire upx)er surface. 



PIPILO MACULATUS CLEMENT^E (Grinnell) . 



Three examples from Santa Cruz Island, with one from Santa Eosa, 

 are in color like clementa', but differ in their somewhat smaller size. A 

 single bird in juvenal plumage is very little different from the similar 

 stage of megalonyx. Seven adults from Santa Catalina Island are 

 intermediate between clementce and the mainland coast form (P. m. 

 atratus) recently described by Mr. Eidgway, but seem to be nearer the 

 former. 



LANIUS LUDOVICIANUS ANTHONYI Mearns. 



A single specimen in juvenal plumage is darker above than even 

 ludovicianus of ^milar age. 



HELMINTHOPHILA CELATA SORDIDA Townsend. 



Eight males and two females were collected, all on Santa Catalina 

 Island. This fine series bears out the characters assigned by Mr. 

 Townsend, but shows a^lso that these differences are not entirely con- 

 stant. The olivaceous wash on the flanks is one of the best distinc- 

 tions. 



MIMUS POLYGLOTTOS (Linnaeus). 



Three examples from Santa Catalina Island show considerable indi- 

 vidual variation in the shade of the upper surface, but appear to be 

 absolutely indistinguishable from birds of the extreme eastern United 

 States. They are quite brownish both above and below, but this is 

 evidently due to wear or stain, perhai)s to both. 



SALPINCTES OBSOLETUS (Say). 



The single specimen is from San Miguel Island and is not satisfac- 

 torily distinguishable from mainland specimens. 



THRYOMANES BEWICKII CHARIENTURUS Oberholser. 



Five examples from Santa Catalina Island. The slight and very 

 inconstant differences presented by the birds from this island as com- 

 pared with typical charienturus have been already fully set forth in a 

 previous paper, ^ and therefore need not be repeated here. 



1 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXI, 1898, p. 436. 



