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the species commonly met with in the San Diegan dis- 
trict, and from there north to the valleys about Pasa- 
dena. Unless you have the two birds in hand, you are 
likely to mistake it for the Californian towhee, so similar 
is it in form and habits. 
The song of the Anthony Towhee is less liquid and 
more metallic in quality. It is most effective in the 
twilight, when one singer after another takes up the 
short refrain, tossing it from bush to bush like the echo 
of fairy bells. 
592.1. GREEN-TAILED TOWHEE. — Oreospiza 
chlorura. 
Famity: The Finches, Sparrows, ete. 
Length : 6.35-7.20. 
Adults: Crown bright chestnut ; upper parts grayish olive, merging to 
bright olive-green on wings and tail ; throat, malar stripe, and middle 
of belly white ; edge of wing and under wing-coverts yellow. 
Young: Grayish olive above, streaked with dark gray ; under parts 
whitish, streaked with dark. 
Geographical Distribution: Rocky Mountains to the coast, north to 
Mt. Shasta, south to Lower California. 
California Breeding Range: Higher Sierra Nevada and desert ranges from 
Mt. Shasta to San Bernardino mountains. 
Breeding Season: June. 
Nest: On or near the ground, in cactus, sagebrush, or chaparral; of 
twigs and weed stems ; lined with grass. 
Eggs: 3 or 4; whitish, speckled with chestnut. 
In the higher Sierra Nevada, where the solitaire and 
leucosticte form the mountain chorus, look for the Green- 
tailed Towhee. Among all the mountain songsters he 
has few rivals. Whether perched on top of a clump 
of chaparral pouring out his rich bell-like music in 
the halflight of evening, or dodging among the dense 
