Dipilo fuscus Mexico, D. F. to La Venta, D. F. July 25, 1946 Way from the outskirts of Mexico City to La Venta wherever habitat was suitable, up to 9000 ft, but not above. Towhees were seen mostly along maguey hedgeshows. They were not seen in the fir-pine forests. We hunted near La Venta, at 9000 ft, and saw numerous Brown Towhees, but they were so wild that we could not secure any speci- mens. We then drove back through town & north as far as Venta de Carpio, Mexico, D.F., where we turned east on a branch road and went as far as San Juan Teotl- huacan, and the Pyramids of Teotihuacan. Brown Towhees were very common all the way, but there was too much traffic on the road to stop and shoot. We returned to a point 2 mi. S of Venta de Carpio, 7250 ft, Mexico, D.F., and collected specimens of f. fuscus along a series of ploughed fields, maguey fields, and scrub-covered pastureland. Brown Towhees were probably the commonest bird along the 2 or 3 miles hunted, and about 50 were seen. They were extremely wild, and all specimens were taken with full loads of 8's & 10's. These birds are adept at using natural cover, and when