BIRD NOTES AFIELD 



2. Males mostly black. Females often streaked with brown and 

 whitish. 



a. Red patches on shoulders. 



Red-winged Blackbirds 98-100 



b. Yellow breast, and generally entire head yellow. 



Yellow-headed Blackbird 97 



c. Conspicuous white wing patches. 



Lark-Bunting 144 



d. Conspicuous white shoulder patches and belly white. Size 

 large; tail long. 



Magpie 86-87 



II. Birds with some bright conspicuous color, at least in the male. 



1 . Birds with conspicuous bright blue. Females generally grayish 

 or brownish. 



a. Male almost completely blue. 



a. Wings and tail black; bill thick. 



Western Blue Grosbeak 1 42 



b'. Wings blue; belly white; bill slight. 



Mountain Bluebird 212 



b. Half or less of the body blue. 



a. Head pale blue; under parts of body gray tinged with 

 blue. 



Pinon Jay 96 



h'. Head bright blue, with white line over eye; under parts 

 of body largely grayish white. 

 a". Under tail-coverts white. 



California Jay 89 



b". Under tail-coverts blue. 



Santa Cruz Island Jay 90 



c. Back wholly blue; breast rufous; size small. 



Lazuli-Bunting 143 



d'. Bright blue back with chestnut patch in middle; breast 

 chestnut; throat blue. 



Western Bluebird 211 



2. Birds with conspicuous bright red, at least in the male. Females 

 often streaked with brownish and gray. 



a. Upper and lower mandibles crossed at tip. 



Crossbill Ill 



b. Bill thickened ; length, 8 inches ; much gray in plumage. 



Pine-Grosbeak 107 



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