pipiLO. 283 



slightly glossy. The ground-eolour is white, minutely spotted 

 over the entire surface with brick-red or maroon and lilac-grey, 

 the markings being rather more numerous towards the larger end 

 and sometimes forming an irregular zone or cap. They measure 

 from 'S to 1"1 in length, and from "69 to '74 in breadth. 



1. Calitomia, {T. M. Bretoer : Tristram Crowley Bequest. 



Coa.). 

 3. Waterville, California, 10th May. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Pipilo oregonus, Bell. 



Pipilo maculatus, var. oregonus, Baird, Brewer Sf Bidgii. N. Amer. 



B!Vrfs,ii. p. 116(1874). 

 Pipilo oregonus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p, 749 (1888) ; Nehrk. 



Kat. Eiersamml. p. 118 (1899); Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 318 (1909). 

 Pipilo maculatus, var. oregonus, Ridgw. Birds North Sr Middle Amer. i. 



p. 420 (1901). 



An egg of the Oregon Towhee is similar to that of P. megalonyx. 

 It measures -92 by -7. 



1. Portland, Oregon, 2nd June. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Pipilo erythrophthalmus {lAnn.). 



Fringilla erythropthalma, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. p. 388, tab. xxxiv. 



%.!,«,* (1845-54). 

 Pipilo erythrophthalmus, Baird, Brewer Sr Midgw. N. Amer. Birds, ii. 



p. 109 (1874) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 744 (1888) ; Nehrk. 



Kat. Eiersamml. p. 118 (1899) : Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 319 (1909). 

 Pipilo erythrophthalmus erythrophthalmus, Ridgw. Birds North ^ 



Middle Amer. i. p. 423 (1901). 



Eggs of the Towhee or Chewink are o£ a blunt oval form with the 

 smaller end much rounded, and they are moderately glossy. The 

 ground-colour is white, densely speckled and mottled, especially at 

 the broad end, where a cap is often formed, with brick-red or maroon 

 and lavender-grey. They measure from -8 to 1-0 in length, and 

 from -65 to "73 in breadth. 



4. North America. Gould Coll. 



4. North America. Gould Coll. 



4. North America. Gould Coll. 



2. North America (Smiths. Inst.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



10. North America {Henshaw Coll.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



4. New York {D. O. Elliot : Tris- Crowley Bequest. 

 tram Coll.). 



1. Massachusetts (T. M. Brewer: Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



2. Princeton, New Jersey {W. E. Princeton University, N.J, 



B. Scott). [E.]. 



