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SWAINSON Hawk. " Wait silently until the prey appears " . . 151 



Burrowing Owl. " They converse in soft love notes " . . . 176 



EoAB-EuNNER ....'. To face page 181 



California Cuckoo. "He was busy feasting where the tent 



caterpillars nested " . ... . 187 



NiGHTHAWK. " Crept back as often as she was driven away " . 196 



Say Phcebe. " The industrious little mother repairs the nest " . 201 

 Gray-crowned Leucostictk. " Searching in the snow for beetles 



and bugs " 210 



Large-billed Spakrow. " It haunts the wharves and break- 

 waters" . . ... 219 



Western Lark Sparrow. " The singer " ... 221 

 Golden-crowned Sparrow. "Their food is chiefly weed seeds 



and winter berries " 226 



Thurber JuNco. " They protested with plaintive calls " . . 232 



Sage Sparrow. " He sings to his mate, not to you " . . . 238 

 Desert Song Sparrow. " In rain or shine, he is the same jolly 



fellow" 241 



TowKSBND Sparrow. " The way he digs for his supper " 246 



Green-tailed TowHEE. " A manner distinctly his own " . 252 

 Black-headed Grosbeak. "His little brown throat swelling 



with music " . 254 



American Pipit. " Up to the very highest peaks they wander " 263 



Water Ouzel, or American Dipper . ... To face page 264 



Leoontb Thrasher. " He loves the barrenness of the desert" . 274 



Cactus Wren. " A long, purse-shaped afl'air " 278 



TuLB Wren .To face page 289 



SiERKA Creeper. " He off'ers his sweetheart a fat grub " . . 295 



Californian Bush-tit ... ... To face page 298 



TowNSEND Solitaire. " Remained there singing when the 



shadows of evening closed over the scene " 304 



EussET-BACKED THRUSH. " Only at twilight and in the earliest 



dawn may one hear the rich sweet song of this shy singer " . 307 



Varied Thrush. " Silent and shy " . . . . . . 312 



Belted Kingfisher. " He strikes again and again " . . . 315 



Arkansas Kingbird. " Watching with a great show of alertness" 319 



