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d". Bill flattened and broad. 



Western Flycatcher 78 



e". Bill stout; sparrow form. 



Female Green-backed Goldfinch 115 



2. Birds with conspicuous markings or patches of reddish brown 

 or orange brown. 



a. Back chestnut; throat sooty black; sides of head white; size 

 small. 



Californian Chickadee 196 



b. Breast reddish or orange brown, the color extending over 

 nearly the entire under parts. 



a. Breast orange brown, with a black crescent; conspicuous 

 wing bars of orange brown. 



Varied Thrush 210 



b'. Breast reddish brown, with no crescent. 



a". Back bluish or slaty gray; head blackish or grayish 

 brown. 



a". Length, 10.5 inches. Throat white, streaked with 

 black. 



Western Robin 209 



b". Length, 4.5 inches. 



Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 92 



C. Throat and fore breast chestnut or rufous; under parts 

 whitish or buffy. Above lustrous bluish black; flight sus- 

 tained. 



a. Forehead chestnut; head and back continuously bluish 

 black; tail long and forked. 



Barn-Swallow 149 



b'. Forehead whitish or buffy; collar around hind neck, and 

 rump rufous ; a blackish spot on chest. Tail short. 



Cliff-Swallow 148 



d. Sides rufous; head, back, throat and breast mostly black. 



Oregon or Spurred Towhee 1 37 



. c. Kead with bright rufous or chestnut cap ; breast plain gray. 

 a. Back brown, broadly streaked with reddish brown; breast 

 buffy white. 



Rufous-crowned Sparrow 1 33 



b'. Back brown and gray, with fine brown streaks; breast 

 ashy white. 



Western Chipping-Sparrow 127 



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