APPENDIX 



140. Green-tailed Towhee; Oreospiza chlorura (Aud.). 

 Length, seven and a half inches. Crown-patch bright reddish brown; 



forehead blackish; back olive-green or grayish green; throat pure white, 

 bordered with dark stripes ; under parts ashy gray. Summer resident of 

 the Sierra Nevada Mountains, wintering in the valleys. 



141. Black-headed Grosbeak; Zamelodia melanocephala 

 (Swains.). 



Length about eight inches; bill greatly thickened. Male with head 

 black, a line of light orange brown frequently extending along its center; 

 a collar of buffy or orange brown around back of neck; back black, 

 generally more or less varied with buffy cinnamon or whitish ; wings and 

 tail black with conspicuous white patches. Rump orange brown or 

 buffy cinnamon, this color spreading over the breast, changing to yellow 

 on the belly, and the lining of the wings. Female with black replaced 

 with olive-brown and under parts whitish, streaked on the sides, and with 

 pale yellowish lining to the wings. A very abundant summer resident of 

 nearly the entire State, and a loud and constant singer. 



142. Western Blue Grosbeak; Guiraca ccrrulea lazula (Less.). 

 Length, seven and a half inches. Bill thickened. General color 



dark ultramarine blue, blackish on back and paler below ; wings and tail 

 black ; chestnut edgings on shoulders, and frequently on feathers of back 

 and breast. Female brown, fawn color below and with faint bluish 

 tone on wings and tail. Interior of California, breeding chiefly in the 

 Sacramento Valley. 



143. Lazuli-Bunting; C^anospiza amcrna (Say). 



Related to the indigo bird of the eastern states. Length, five and a 

 half inches. A brightly attired finch and a vivacious though not very 

 loud songster. Male, entire upper parts, including head and neck, all 

 around bright azure blue, darker on middle of back; breast rufous or 

 tawny; belly white. There is a distinct white wing bar and sometimes 

 a second fainter one. The female is dull in color, with but a trace of 

 blue on the grayish brown back; breast pale buff. An abundant sum- 

 mer resident of the valleys and foothills, rare in the extreme south and 

 in the mountains to seven thousand feet and above. 



144. Lark-Bunting; Calamospiza melanocor^s Stejn. 



This bird must not be confounded with the lark-finch, which see. 

 Length, six and a half inches. Bill stout. Male in summer black, with 

 conspicuous white patch on wings. Female and winter male brownish 

 gray above, streaked with dusky brown; below white, streaked with 



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