92 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ALABAMA 



"Today (Jan. 19, 1892) we have had the coldest weath- 

 er for several years; sleet and ground frozen. I have 

 never seen the fox sparrow near any habitation unless 

 it were very cold. In a very cold spell, about 1876, sev- 

 eral came into the yard at 'Contentment,' where there 

 were also many more birds than I have seen lately. Nos. 

 977 and 978 were shot near my house at Pine Knoll, dur- 

 ing the very cold weather of the 19th. Craws contained 

 weed seed." 



"Saw several fox sparrows today (Jan. 22, 1892)." 



No. 982. Female. Greensboro. Jan. 25, 1892. W. 0. Avery. 



142. PIPILO ERYTHROPHTHALMUS ERYTHROPHTHAL- 

 MUS (Linnaeus). 



TOWHEE. 

 "Joree." 



"Common. Winter resident." (1891a). 



No. 966. Female. Greensboro. Dec. 29, 1891. W. C. Avery. 



143. PIPILO ERYTHROPHTHALMUS ALLENI (Coues). 



WHITE-EYB3D TOWHEE. 



Among the Doctor's Baldwin County notes for the per- 

 iod from Sept. 16th to Oct. 2, 1892, is the following: 

 "Towhee was common; out of five specimens taken one 

 only belonged to alleni, the others being typical Pipilo." 

 Only three of the Baldwin County specimens are now in 

 the collection, but two are referable to alleni and one to 

 caTMster. 



No. 998. Male. Baldwin County. Sept. 27, 1892. W. C. Avery. 

 No. 1000. Male. Baldwin County. Sept. 29, 1892. W. C. 

 Avery. 



144. PIPILO ERYTHROPHTHALMUS CANASTER (Howell). 



Alabama Towhee*. 



"Joree." 



This is the breeding form in Central Alabama. 



•Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., Vol. XXVI, pp. 199-202, Oct. 23, 1913. 



