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I. Williamson's Sapsucker — • Sphi/rapicus thi/- 



roideus Fwnlispiece 



II. Green-tailed Towhee — Pipilo chlorurus ; 



Spurred Towhee — Pipilo megalonyx . 47 



III. Lazuli Bunting — Ci/aiiospiza ama-iia ... 83 



IV. Lark Bunting — Calamospiza mclanocorys . . 139 

 V. Louisiana Tan.\ger — Pi/ra>iga ludoviciana . . 177 



VI. Townsend's Solitaire — Mijiadestes townsendii 223 



VII. Ruddy Duck — Eiismatiira nibida .... 259 

 VIII. Brown-capped Leucosticte — ■ Leiicosticte aiis- 



tralis 303 



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White-Crowned Sparrows (•• Their grass-lined nests 



by the babbling mountain brook ") 21 



Turtle Doves ( " Darting across the turbulent 



stream") ^^ 



Pipits ('' Te-cheer ! te-cheer!") -"^O 



