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Swainso'n Hawk. " Wait silently until the prey appears " . . 151 



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



Road-Runner 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 Leucosticte. "Searching in the snow for beetles 



and bugs " 210 



Large-billed Sparrow. "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 



Townsend Sparrow. " The way he digs for his supper " . . 216 



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 



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



Cactus Wren. " A long, purse-shaped affair " 278 



Tule Wren To face page 289 



Sierra Creeper. " He offers 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 



Russet-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 



