174 CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 



Camp Harney. Bendire — Moderately abundant dur- 

 ing the summer. 



Hoffman. First observed in the upper portion of the 

 State, middle of May. In crossing the divide between 

 Hot Spring canon and Belmont, again seen. 



197. Pipilo fuscus crissalis (Vig.) Californian 



TOWHEE. 



San Diego. B. F. Goss.— March 16, full set of fresh 

 eggs. 



San Diego. L. B. — Common resident; shows slight 

 approach to alhigula of the Cape region; probably 

 reaches to the Cape in modified form. Campo, winter; 

 Bakersfield; Tehachapi, abundant. 



Poway. W. 0. Emerson. — Young out of nest April 

 14; Volcan Mountains, common. 



Poway. F. E. Blaisdell. — Common resident. 



San Bernardino. F. Stephens. — Common resident of 

 valley and foothills. 



Cooper, 1870. One of the most abundant and char- 

 acteristic birds of California, residing constantly in all 

 the lower country west of the Sierra Nevada and up to 

 the summits of the Coast Mountains, 3,000 feet high. 



Henshaw, 1876. Found by our parties in great abun- 

 dance from San Francisco southward. At Santa Bar- 

 bara in June young very numerous. 



Alameda and Contra Costa counties. W. E. Bryant. 

 Common resident. 



Berkeley. T. S. Palmer. — Abundant resident. 



Central California. L. B. — Abundant resident of 

 valleys and foothills, especially the latter. Winters at 

 Murphys, Colfax, Cherokee Flat and Red Bluff. In 

 summer noticed on Stony and Salt Creeks, Colusa County, 

 and on the east slope of the Coast Range in Mendocino 

 County. 



