January in Berkeley. 



made manifest to the attentive seeker 

 after bird lore. Search the world over 

 and you will not find its counterpart 

 outside of California. He is a plain 

 brown little fellow and as merry as a 

 brownie ought to be in his canon home. 

 While some of our winter birds are 

 so sociably inclined that they come to 

 our gardens, others must be sought in 

 their retreats among the hills. Of this 

 latter class is the wren-tit, and also, for 

 the most part, Townsend's sparrow. 

 Stepping into the dense undergrowth of 

 the canon some January morning we 

 may hear a great scratching going on in 

 the thicket. By standing quietly for a 

 time and watching the spot intently we 

 may be rewarded by a gUmpse of this 

 very interesting species. At first sight 

 the general style of coloration re- 

 minds us of a thrush. The back is 

 plain, dark, grayish brown, becoming 

 more rufous in tone on the wings and 

 tail, and the breast is white, spotted with 

 triangular markings of brown. But the 

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