Jiplo fusca 72. Temescaltepec, 5500 ft, Mexico, Mex. July 28, 1946 of maguey & shrubs. I saw only one bird that resembled a Brown Towhee, but it was so far away I could not tell for sure. It was very hot & dry, & the sunshine was bright. In the P.M. from 1:30 to 5:00 hunted higher up the north-facing slope, along a series of maguey-bordered lowfields. Saw about 12 Towhees, but they were ex- tremely wild, & I collected only 1. There is very heavy undercover along the edges of the lowfields, and they invariably flew into this when spotted. The 1 I took was scratching in the dirt in the middle of a road before a farmhouse. Most of the birds were seen from 3-5 P.M. following a very heavy rain/hail storm which came in from the NE. After the storm the temperature dropped several degrees & the birds came out of the heavy cover. July 29, 1946 Saw about 15 Brown Towhees, & collected 4. Most of them were in fields near houses and it was impossible to shoot them. In the P.M. 6 more were taken right around our house by Mexican boys from whom we purchased the specimens. Brown Towhees are a definitely common resident here.