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 California Pine Grosbeak. "He seems fairly to revel in the 



swirling clouds of snow " 477 



Mexican Crossbill. " Head down, chickadee fashion " . . . 484 



Steller Jay. " Nowhere are they welcome " 487 



California Jay, " The colder the belter " 491 



Yellow-headed Blackbird. "Beseechingly from the cradle" 510 

 Scott Oriole. " He will peer into it with ludicrous earnestness " 516 

 Louisiana Tanager. " A dragonfly had been captured for break- 

 fast " 532 



Audubon Warbler. " Always in a mad chase for something to 



eat" 539 



Hermit Warbler. " With her beak full of cobwebs " . . . 543 

 Long-tailed Chat. "Where he whistled and sang from dawn 



until dark " 549 



Pileolated Warbler, " His song reminds one of the tinkle of 



a brooklet " 553 



Verdin. " A retort-shaped afi'air " 555 



