Dr. Henry also states that this species is common in New Mexico both summer and winter, and, so far as he has observed, dwelling almost entirely among the mountains. It appeared to him very retiring in its habits, and seemed to prefer the cañons. He has seldom, if ever, observed it far from shady gorges, where, like its relative of the Eastern States, the Towhee Bunting, it passes the greater part of its time on the ground, and is generally accompanied by its congener, the Arctic Finch. When disturbed, it seeks the thickest cover, though it is by no means shy or difficult to approach. Its nest is usually constructed in the branches of a thick cedar or dwarf oak, and he has never known it to produce more than one brood in a season. Dr. Cooper states that these birds are very abundant in Southern Arizona, that their habits closely resemble those of _P. aberti_, and that their eggs are similar to those of _Pipilo fuscus_. Pipilo fuscus, var. albigula, BAIRD. CAPE TOWHEE. _Pipilo albigula_, BAIRD, P. A. N. S. Nov. 1859, 305 (Cape St. Lucas).—ELLIOT, Illust. Am. Birds, I, pl. xv (“= _P. mesoleucus_”).—COOPER, Orn. Cal. 1, 248. SP. CHAR. Similar to var. _mesoleucus_, having, like it, a distinctly rufous crown and white abdomen. Differing, however, in the following respects: The pale ochraceous gular area is more sharply defined, the buff being confined within the encircling series of dusky spots; the buff is palest posteriorly, instead of directly the opposite. The rufous of the crissal region is more restricted, only tingeing the anal region instead of invading the lower part of the abdomen, the white beneath also is shifted farther back, covering the abdomen alone, instead of the breast, the whole jugulum being distinctly ashy, like the sides. Wing, 3.80; tail, 4.25. HAB. Cape St. Lucas. A very large series of specimens from Cape St. Lucas agree in possession of the characters pointed out above, distinguishing them from _mesoleucus_, to which race the present one is most nearly related. HABITS. The White-throated or Cape Towhee of Cape St. Lucas was first met with by Mr. Xantus in the southern extremity of the peninsula of Lower California, and described by Professor Baird in 1859. Its close resemblance to _P. mesoleucus_ suggests an equal similarity as to its habits, in regard to which we possess no actual knowledge. Mr. Xantus has furnished us with no memoranda as to the manners of the bird. We have only the brief mention among his notes to the effect that No. 4,855 is the nest with four eggs of this _Pipilo_, found in a wild _Humulus_ thicket; and that No. 5,076 is a nest with eggs of the same, found in a thicket of wild roses in the garden fence. Judging from the large number of the nests and eggs of this species collected by that gentleman at Cape St. Lucas, it would seem to be very abundant in that locality.