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was new to us; the next day it was seen again and we decided it 

 was a towhee; on the 26th Prof. Macoun flushed a bird off its nest 

 under a bush of Ceanothus velutinus and he immediately shot it. 

 The male then came along and was shot also; they proved it to be 

 this form; within the nest were four half-grown young which we 

 drowned. Common everywhere at Trail, B.C., in low bushes, 

 young ready to fly, June ist,ii902; common in low brush at Pentic- 

 ton, south of Lake Okanagan, B.C., -April, 1903; also at Sicamous 

 and Enderby, B.C. {Spreadborougk.) An adult male and female 

 taken at Ashcroft. {Streator.) East of Coast Range; breeds at 

 Ashcroft. (Fannin.) Abundantly haunting the woodlands of all 

 points visited in British Columbia up to 4000 feet. {Rhoads.) 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



Fourteen ; two taken at Robson, B.C., June, 1890, by Prof. 

 Macoun; four taken at Trail, B.C., in May, 1902, four at Cascade, 

 B.C. in June, 1902, and four at Penticton, B.C., April, 1903, all 

 by Mr. Spreadborough. 



,5886. Oregon Towhee. 



Pipilo maculatus oregonus (Bell) Coues. 1872. 

 Abundant on the coast at Hastings, on Burrard Inlet and at 

 Port Heney and Agassiz on the Eraser River, in 1889; very abund- 

 ant at Chilliwack and at Huntington on the International Boun- 

 dary in 1902 ; abundant on Vancouver Island and on the islands in 

 the Gulf of Georgia. {Spreadborough.) Abundant on the coast of 

 British Columbia; breeds. {Streator.) An abundant resident west 

 of the Coast Range ; winters on the coast. {Fannin.) Common 

 at Chilliwack ; permanent resident.. {Brooks.) Replacing mega- 

 lonyx west of the Coast Range. Its exact counterpart in habits 

 and habitat. {Rhoads.) Rather common around Vancouver and 

 Stanley Park in July, 1895. (-£• P- G. White) 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



Nineteen; two taken at Agassiz, B.C., May, 1889, three at Port 

 Heney, Eraser River, B.C., April, 1889, six at Chilliwack, B.C., in 

 May and June, 1901, five at Huntington, B.C. in October, 1901, 

 two at Victoria, Vancouver Island, in April, 1893, and one at 

 Comox, Vancouver Island, June 22nd, 1893, all by Mr. Spread- 

 borough. 



