PIPILO. MELOZONB. 285 



Pipilo albigula, Baird. 



Pipilo fuscua, var. albigula, Baird, Brewer 8^ Ridgui. N. Amer. Birds, ii. 



p. 127 (1874). 

 Pipilo albigula, Sharps, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 755 (1888) ; Bidgw. 



Birds North ^ Middle Amer. i. p. 433 (1901' ; S/iarpe, Hand-l. v. 



p. 320 (1909). 



Two eggs of the Saint Lucas Towhee closely resemble the eggs of 

 the second clutch of P. mesoleucus described above and require no 

 separate description. They measure respectively : -SS by "67 ; 

 ■88 by -66. 



2. Cape St. T-ucas, California, 18th Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Aug. (J. Xantus : Smiths. 

 Inst.). 



Pipilo crissalis ( Vic/.). 



Pipilo f uacus, var. crissalis, Baird, Brewer Sf Bidgw. N. Amer. Birds, ii. 



p. 122 (1874). 

 Pipilo crissalis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 753 (1888) ; id. Hand-l. 



V. p. 320 (1909). 

 Pipilo crissalis crissalis, Bidgw. Birds North ir Middle Amer. i. p. 434 



(1901). 



Eggs of the Californian Towhee closely resemble the egg of 

 P. fuscus described above, but are rather smaller. They measure 

 from -94 to 1-0 in length, and from -68 to -73 in breadth. 



2. California (R. Ridgway : Tristram Crowley Bequest. 



Coll.). 



1. California, 12th April. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



1. California, 24th April. Crowley Bequest. 



4. California (Henshatv Coll.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



4. Moraga VaUey, California, 24th W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



May (T. LUiencrantz). [P.]. 



Genus MELOZONE, lleichenh. 

 Melozone biarcuatum (Prevost). 



Pyrgisoma biarcuatum, Scl. Sf Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 18, pi. v. fig. 2; Sah. 



8f Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 401 (1886) ; Sharpe, Cat. 



Birds B. M. xii. p. 733 (1888) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 117 



(1899). 

 Melozone biarcuatum, Ridgw. Birds North Sc Middle Amer. i. p. 443 



(1901) ; Sharpe, Sand-l. v. p. 321 (1909). 



The eggs of Prevost's Ground-Sparrow are of a regular oval shape 

 and moderately glossy.,, They are white or creamy-white, marked 

 with specks, spots, and small blotches of rather bright brick-red 

 and lilac. The markings are very dense at the broad end, where- 



