Bifilo fuscus 50. Berkeley, Alameda, Calif. Aug. 11-13, 1946 Random impressions of B. f. petulans compared with Mexican Plateau Brown Towhees, while impressions of the latter are still vivid. The towhees here call a great deal more than their Mexican counterparts, and have a clear, loud "chink" or "tink" very metallic, as opposed to the harsh, flat "Ghark" of B. f. fuscus as heard near Flatguard, and the throaty "cherink" of B. f. ruthius as heard near Mithla. These open Brown Towhees station themselves on house-tops, in similar fashion to the Mexican birds, which have a fondness for the roofs of adobe & thatch houses, & the tops of adobe walls. The habitat around Berkeley, of lawns and gardens, with a certain amount of per- manent or semi-permanent cover, such as ornamental hedges and brusher, is quite similar to the preference of Mexican forms for cornfields and pastures bordered by maguey or shrub hedgerows. The hopping and scratching actions of both groups of birds is very similar.