BIRD NOTES AFIELD 



V. Birds without any conspicuous color, and with no especially pro- 

 nounced markings. 



1 . General effect of plumage neither streaked, spotted nor barred, 

 but colors in solid masses. 



a. General color slaty or gray. 



a. Uniform gray or slaty above and below. Length, 8 or 9 

 inches. 



a". Tail long; a dull white ring around eye and whitish 

 wing bars and tips of tail-feathers. 



Townsend's Solitaire 206 



fc". Tail short. An inhabitant of mountain streams. 



American Dipper 1 77 



b'. Prevailing color gray, lighter below ; head brownish gray ; 

 length, 4 inches. 

 a". Tail long; bill short. 



California Bush-Tit 198 



b". Tail short; bill long. Habits of woodpeckers. 



Pygmy-Nuthatch 193 



b. General color brownish gray, frequently paler below, some- 

 times tinged with yellowish. 



a. Bill much flattened and broad; birds without songs; fly- 

 catchers. 

 a". Belly cinnamon brown. 



Say's Phoebe 74 



b". Throat dingy white; sides broadly but indistinctly 

 streaked olive-gray. 



Olive-sided Flycatcher 76 



c". Throat and belly whitish, the latter with a tinge of 

 yellow. Two faint wing bars. 



Western Wood-Pewee 77 



Small Flycatchers 83 



b'. Bill sparrow form; size small. 



Female Green-backed Goldfinch 115 



c'. Bill slender, but stouter than a warbler's; size small. 



Vireos 159-163 



d. Bill long and slender; rump cinnamon; tail with buffy 

 tip and black subterminal bar. 



Rock-Wren 184 



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