San Diego Towhee
588d. Pipilo maculatus megolonyx. 8 inches.
Darker and with few white markings. Southern California (not illustrated).
Canon Towhee
591. Pipilo fuscus mesoleucus. 8½ inches.
These birds have more brown, and nest in bushes or trees and not so much on the ground. Their eggs are more strongly marked. They range from Colorado to Texas and Arizona.