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CONTENTS 



Western Winter Wren . . 287 



Tule Wren 289 



Interior Tule Wren, or West- 

 ern Marsh Wren . . 292 

 Calit'ornian Ci-eeper . . 293 

 Sierra Creeper . . . . 293 

 Pallid Wren-tit ... .296 

 Californian Bush-tit ... 298 

 Chestnut-backed Chickadee . 301 



Coast Wren-tit 302 



Townsend Solitaire . 303 



Russet-backed Thrush . . 306 

 Audubon Hermit Thrusli, or 



Sierra Hermit Thrush . 307 



Dwarf Hermit Thrush . 309 



Western Robin ... . 309 



Varied Thrush 311 



Cfray, and Slate-Colored Plumage 



Western Mockingbird 

 Slender-billed Nuthatch 

 Red-breasted Nuthatch 

 Pygmy Nuthatch . . 

 Plain Titmouse . . . 

 Mountain Chickadee . 

 Californian Chickadee 

 Leail-colored Bush-tit . 

 Western Gnatcatcher . 

 Black-tailed Gnatcatcher 



340 

 342 

 344 

 345 

 348 

 350 

 353 

 354 

 356 

 358 



Plumage Conspicuously Black and White 



Harris Woodpecker . . . 360 White-throated Swift . . . 379 



Cabanis Woodpecker ... 361 Western Black Phcebe . 38] 



Gairdner Woodpecker . . 363 Black-billed Magpie . . 383 



Nnttall Woodpecker ... 364 Yellow-billed Magpie . 387 



White-headed Woodpecker . 366 White-necked Raven 389 



Arctic Three-toed Wood- Bobolink .... 390 



pecker 368 Spurred Towhee . . . 393 



Williamson Sapsucker . . 370 Oregon Towhee . 394 



Northern Plicated Wood- Lark Bunting . 39g 



pecker . . . 372 Phainopepla" .... 393 



Californian Woodpecker . 376 Black-throated Gray Warbler 401 



Gila Woodpecker . . . 378 



Plumage Black or Iridescent Black 



Black Swift 404 Cowbird ... <j, 



American Raven ... 405 Brewer Blackbird . .419 



Western Crow 408 Western Martin . . ^jg 



