Lipilo fuscus 3. Zimapán, Hidalgo, Mexico to Mexico, D.F. June 28, 1946 Zimapán south to Mexico City. Mexico, D.F. June 29, 1946 1 Brown Towhee seen at the Aztec Courts, near the southern limit of Mexico, D.F. June 30, 1946 Between Mexico, D.F. and Pachuca, Hi- algo, Mex., a distance of 60+ miles, brown tow- hees were seen commonly by the roadside, espe- cially about maguey fields. They were not seen by grassy roadside fields where there was no cover available. Real del Monte, 9050 ft, Hidalgo, Mex. June 30, 1946 A Brown towhee was seen at 9050 ft on the outskirts of Real del Monte. Another was seen a few hundred yards away. None were seen in the fir-oak forest just outside the town. The birds seen were in cleared land grown to maguey + short grass. The country around Real del Monte was once all fir- oak terrain, but the woods have been cleared, probably to provide fuel for the gold mines, and a shrub succession has come in. There are only scattered patches of fir-oak forest near Real del Monte. It is apparent that the continual clearing of the woodland, and cultivation of maguey and