Appendix. 



a. Plumage streaked brown and gray ; 

 shoulder patch chestnut. 



Western Vesper Sparrow 1 16 



b. Plumage dull brownish above and 

 whitish below. 



Young Western Meadow Lark 



98 

 Young Western Lark Finch i 2 1 



c. Outer tail-feathers white-tipped; back 

 grayish brown; breast white, conspicu- 

 ously spotted with brown. 



Sage Thrasher . . 173 



V. Birds without any conspicuous color, and 

 with no especially pronounced markings. 

 I . General effect of plumage neither streaked, 

 spotted nor barred, but colors in soHd 

 masses. 

 a. General color slaty or gray. 



, Uniform gray or slatly above and 

 below. Length 8 or 9 inches. 

 a". Tail long ; a dull white ring 

 around eye and whitish wing bars 

 and tips of tail-feathers. 



Townsend's Solitaire . 198 

 b". Tail short. An inhabitant of 

 mountain streams. 



American Dipper . 172 



, Prevailing color gray, lighter below; 

 head brownish gray; length 4 inches. 

 a". Tail long; bill short. 



California Bush Tit . 192 



b". Tail short; bill long. Habits of 

 woodpeckers. 



Pygmy Nuthatch . 187 



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