Pipilo fuscus 31. 4 mi. W of Salazar, 9600 ft, Mexico, Mex. to Temescaltepec, 5500 ft, Mexico, Mex. July 27, 1946 Brown Towhees were seen all the way from Salazar to Toluca, beyond Toluca on the turn- off to Temescaltepec, and along the road to Temescaltepec, on the west slope of Nevadade Toluca, at a height of 10,200 ft (!) in by a meadow in the fir belt. None were seen above this elevation. They must be confluent with the Valley of Mexico population and the population at Salazar. However, they must be stopped by the combination of coniferous forest [?] the higher altitudes of Nevadade Toluca. On the way down we passed from shortleaf pines to firs to longleaf pines to oaks to cultivated fields. No tow- [western] h[ees] were seen until we were on the outskirts of Real de Triaba, 580 ft, when a pair flew into a tree by the side of the road, + Sibly shot one from the trunk. July 28, 1946 Two Brown Towhees were seen at the edge of a field on the western outskirts of Temescaltepec. This a.m. I worked a series of pastures along the Rio de Temescaltepec, some of which were hedged off by shrubs, some by magnolies, + some by a combination