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I. WILLIAMSON'S SAPSUCKER Sphyrapicus thy- 



roideus Frontispiece 



II. GREEN-TAILED TOWHEE Pipilo chlorurus ; 



SPURRED TOWHEE Pipilo megalonyx . . 47 



III. LAZULI BUNTING Cyanospiza amcena ... 83 



IV. LARK BUNTING Calamospiza melanocorys . . 139 

 V. LOUISIANA TAN AGER Pyranga ludoviciana . . 177 



VI. TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE Myiadestes torvnsendii 223 



VII. RUDDY DUCK Erismatura rubida .... 259 

 VIII. BROWN-CAPPED LEUCOSTICTE Leucosticte aus- 



tralis 303 



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WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS (" Their grass-lined nests 



by the babbling mountain brook ") 21 



TURTLE DOVES ( " Darting across the turbulent 



stream") 44 



PIPITS (" Te-cheer ! te-cheer !") 50 



