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 120 THE CONDOR Vol. XlII county both summer and winter, and said he had never seen these birds before. The specimen, no. 17319, is peculiar in having the whole back of the head yellow, instead of the usual restricted frontal band of that color. Carpodacuspurpureus californicus, California Purple Finch. Seen only at the ranch four miles above Helena. Spinus pinus. Pine Siskin. A large flock was seen once at Helena, another in crossing the Trinity divide beyond Lewiston, and another at Tower House. Passer domesticus. English Sparrow. These birds have invaded Weaver- ville, which is fifty-five miles from the railroad; .and a small colony was preparing to nest at Tower House. Zonotrichia coronata. Golden-crowned Sparrow. Seen iu flocks together with the Intermediate Sparrow, but not as numerous as the latter. Junco 0reganus thurberi. Sierra Junco. Large flocks of juncos were com- mon everywhere. Me10spiza me10dia merrilli. Merrill Song Sparrow. Four specimens, one from Helena and three from Tower House, have been referred to this species rather than to ru./fna on account of the heavy, blackish streakings of the back, and the less diffused and darker streaking of the breast; they are also slightly grayer dorsally than rujina. In as much as they exhibit some tendency toward the more narrow and sharply defined streaking of montana, this may be considered as fur- ther evidence that there is intergradation between montana and rttfina, the name merrilli having been applied to some such intergradient form. Me10spiza melodia rufma; Rusty Song Sparrow. Seven specimens, three from Helena and four from Tower House. Compared with breeding birds from Vancouver Island which have been referred to ru.na, they are practically identical -although according to the currently stated distribution of morphna they should be that form. In view of the facts that the two previously recognized forms (rujna and morphna) are attributed to pa?ts of the same geographic area, and that no ap- preciable differrences are to be found, throughout the whole area, it is to be in- ferred that there is only one form--rujna. Passerella iliaca unalaschensis. Shumagin Fox Sparrow. One specimen, no. 17351, from Helena. Passerella iliaca meruloides. akutat Fox Sparrow. Fox Sparrows were quite numerous at Tower House in manzanita brush along the edge of an irrigation ditch. One example of this form taken, no. 17352. Passerella iliaca megarhyncha. Thick-billed Fox Sparrow. Most common. Pipilo maculatus megalonyx. Spurred Towhee. More towhees were seen at Tower House than at Helena; at the latter place the two kinds were quite corn- IliOn. Pipri0 crissalis crissalis. California Brown Towhee. Seen at the ranch four miles above Helena, but more numerous at Tower House. The three specimens presetred, nos. 17359-17361, are slightly grayer and larger than crt'ssa/'s from the San Francisco Bay region. There may yet be found sufficient. grounds for the recognition of a northern form, P.c. caro/ae McGregor (Bull. Cooper Orn. Club I, 1899, p. 11), though the material as yet available does not warrant it. B0mbycilla garrula. Bohemian Waxwing. It was a great pleasure and sur- prise to encounter this picturesque bird. A large flock was seen near Tower House on our way in to Weaverville and a dead one picked up in the road; also on our re- turn we saw at Tower House what was presumably the same flock. At Helena the birds came in to the orchard in the afternoon to feed and roost for the night in the trees. They seemed especially fond of the rotten apples left on the trees or fallen