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bordered with dark stripes ; under parts ashy 

 gray. Summer resident of the Sierra Nevada 

 Mountains, wintering in the valleys. 



137. Black-headed Grosbeak; Zamelodia melano- 

 cephala (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 oHve-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. 



138. Western Blue Grosbeak; Guiraca carulea 

 eurhyncha Coues. 



Length seven and a half inches. Bill thickened. 

 General color dark ultamarine 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. 



139. Lazuli-Bunting; Cynnospixa amcena (Say). 

 Related to the indigo bird of the eastern states. 



Length five and a half inches. A brightly 



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