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c. General color brown. 



a. Plain brown above, white below. 



«". Flight strong and sustained; tail short. 



Rough-winged Swallow 1 52 



Bank-Swallow 153 



h". An inhabitant of groves in the interior valleys; tail 

 long. 



Young California Cuckoo 43 



h'. Plain dark brown above and on sides below; throat and 

 breast white; flight sustained. 



White-throated Swift 64 



C*. Plain brown above and below. 



a". Throat light; under tail-coverts rufous or cinnamon. 

 d" . A familiar bunting of gardens and thickets. Bill 

 stout; length, 9 inches. 



California Brown Towhee 1 38 



6'", Bill long and curved; length, 12 inches. 



CaHfornia Thrasher 180 



Le Conte's Thrasher 181 



c'". Bill flattened and broad; length, 8 inches. 



Say's Phoebe 74 



h". Throat blackish, under parts pinkish brown. 



Abert's Towhee I 39 



c". Rump and tail grayish brown. Flight swift and sus- 

 tained; length, 5 inches. 



Vaux's Swift 63 



J". General color blackish or sooty brown; head sooty 

 gray. Flight swift and sustained; length, 7 inches. 



Black Swift 62 



e". Breast light cinnamon; tail held erect; plumage loose 

 and fluffy; size, small. 



Wren-Tit 197 



d. General color brown above and fawn or buffy below; 

 a rusty patch on wing; bill very stout. 



Female Blue Grosbeak 1 42 



e'. A small unstreaked sparrow; brown above and pale buff 

 below. 



Female Lazuli-Bunting 143 



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