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THE CONDOR 
Vol. XV 
Pipilo maculatus oregonus Bell. Oregon Towhee. 
I'ypc Locality.- — Columbia River, at or near Fort Vancouver, Washington. 
Rany^e . — Coast district of southern British Columbia, including the south- 
ern part of Wncouver Island, south through western Washington into Oregon. 
Spcciniois examined from California: One from San Clemente Island. 
Distinguishing Characters.- — White markings reduced in extent more than 
in any other race of Pipilo maculatus. Chestnut areas of sides and crissum 
darker than in megalonyx or falcifcr. Hind claw short and weak. 
Remarks. — But one example of P. m. oregonus secured in California has 
been examined. This specimen (no. 21273, Mus. Vert. Zool.) is a female, taken 
on San Clemente Island December 4, 1908; it was formerly in the collection of 
Mr. John E. Thayer, but was donated by him to the Museum of Vertebrate 
Zoology. This bird is to all appearances a typical example of oregonus, being 
indistinguishable from comparable specimens from Vancouver Island. 
Whether it is in fact a veritable rei)resentative of this form, a strag- 
gler which had wandered an almost incredible distance from its normal habitat, 
or whether it is an individual variant of clemcntae, a “sport"’ which has assumed 
a superficial resemblance to another race, it is imjDossible to say ; but the close- 
ness of its resemblance to the form oregonus leaves no choice but to call it 
by that name. The fact that oregonus is usually so limited in its migrations 
that it does not range southward even as far as northern California, makes 
doubly astonishing this single occurrence at a far southern island locality. 
The capture of this bird was first recorded by Linton (1909, p. 194). 
Pipilo maculatus clementae Grinnell. San Ci.emente Towhee. 
Type Locality. — Smuggler's Cove, San Clemente Island, California. 
Range.- — San Clemente and Santa Catalina islands, California. 
Specimens examined from the following localities; San Clemente Island; 
Santa Catalina Island. Total number of specimens, 46. 
Distinguishing Characters.- — General size slightly greater than in megalonyx ; 
bill and feet appreciably larger. Coloration grayer than in megalonyx ; black 
areas in the male duller and less intense ; rump and lower back more or less 
mixed with grayish . 
Remarks. — Apparently confined to San Clemente and Santa Catalina islands, 
where it is resident. I am unable to distinguish the slightest difference between 
birds from the tv/o islands. 
Pipilo maculatus falcinellus, new subspecies. Sacramento Towhee. 
Type. — Adult male; no. 22832, Univ. Calif. Mus. Vert. Zool; Marysville 
Buttes, alt. 500 feet, 4 miles northwest of Sutter, Sutter County, California; 
April 8, 1912; collected by W. P. Taylor ; original number 5555 . 
Distinguishing Characters . — Most nearly similar to Pipilo maculatus mega- 
lonyx Baird, from which it differs in weaker foot, with, noticeably 
short, weak, hind claw, in somewhat greater extent of white markings, and 
olivaceous or grayish rump. From Pipilo ni. curtatus it differs in slightly longer 
hind claw, decidedly darker brown on sides and crissum, and in having the 
black areas more intensely and glossy black. 
Range . — San Joacjuin and Sacramento valleys, both slopes of the Sierra 
Nevada south to southern Tulare County and including the foothill region along 
the western edge of Owens V alley ; north to the northern boundary of the state, 
between the coast ranges and the Warner Mountains, in Siskiyou, Trinity, and 
Shasta counties. 
