Birds of Oregon and Washington 5 5 



Under parts : chestnut. 

 Length : 7 inches. 

 Found about houses and in the open country. 



What so gentle reminder that spring is at the 

 door as the Bluebird by your house in the coun- 

 try or suburb, with his soft notes and refined 

 air, carrying with him the color of the sky? He 

 comes no stranger to your home, if in the previ- 

 ous spring and summer he has found provided a 

 small house in which to brood two (perhaps 

 three) families, according to his success. If you 

 wish to invite to the hospitality of your home 

 numerous pairs of these gentlemanly and lady- 

 like creatures, build for them suitable houses. 

 The song of the Western Bluebird is not full, 

 but is, like his manners, gentle and sweet. 



Particular Description. — Male : All the upper 

 parts, sky-blue ; throat, breast and sides, cinnamon-red ; 

 abdomen, white. In autumn, the blue is a rusty wash. 



Female has duller colors. 



The Bluebird may be seen occasionally in the 

 winter season, and his arrival from the South is 

 like that of the Bluebird of the East, an early 

 one, often in the first week of February. 



