Bird Observations 



black heavy mark through eye, throat pure 

 white, breast almost so. Northern has 

 breast with fine vermicular markings, which 

 make it look much duller; black marks not 

 so conspicuous. Loggerhead here in 

 winter. 



Orchard Oriole. One of the darkest 

 colored birds we have. I can think of none 

 except blackbirds, crows, and chewinks 

 which are blacker. 



Horned Lark. Prairie and Shore both 

 here in winter. Latter has yellow stripes 

 on head and throat yellow, where the for- 

 mer has white. 



Nuthatches. White-breasted has only 

 one broad black stripe on top of head, red 

 breasted has several narrow ones. 



Flycatchers. Crested: belly yellow, 

 breast, grey. Olive sided: large birds, 

 white throat extending down in narrow line 

 through middle of breast, breast sided with 

 dark grey, quite a marked bird. 



Phoebe. White of throat extends half 

 way around neck, showing at sides 

 plainly; it does not extend so far in 

 Pewee. The Pewees are darker and more 

 slate colored than some of the Phoebes, 

 some individuals of the latter being 

 brownish and marked in stripes and dots. 



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