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656. Dendroica auduboni Towns., Audubon warbler. Common on both 

 islands and mainland. 



Description : Upper parts generally bluish gray, streaked with black ; 

 under parts yellow, white and black ; rump, throat patch and crown yellow. 

 Length of bird about 5. 



Eggs usually 4, of an olive-greenish to an olive-whitish color. 



Genus Sialia. 

 767. Sialia mexicana occidentalis Towns. Western bluebird. Common. 



Description: Throat purplish blue; upper parts dark purplish blue, 

 shaded sometimes into chestnut; breast rufous; rest of under parts of body 

 mixed gray, brown and dull purplish. Length of bird about 7. 



Nest: The nest of this bird is usually in abandoned holes of the wood- 

 pecker. The eggs are pale blue, six in number. 



