The Brown rentiers 
Description.- •' AI brownish bla< K • brown, broadly 
and loosilv .• r-l wit!- ashy white; mon- limT and •>..{. i*!v .-freaked on crown; 
rump bright vr/Mi^h brow., 'argus brown ii ri; • i»i ■.;.!■ rossed by two pale 
ochraero; s buf:’\ '• ;r*. one on both v-> neat b - •■■■. it i ••• r web), the other on 
outer webs alone; <reaicoverts. ■ :i ; b - e' i a! tipped with whitish or 
grayish bn ft tail gradua.'b. itp.-i a- with pah t>- •. t, - narrow superciliary 
'•in:’*. - dull whitish t nrownh'li pr,:' : und .'"j-.- ,s v. :.ri throat, becoming sordid 
i-nsu-ri.vrK linked on sides ;uu.l thinks <•■ d, : ; ; ... .g. ■. ; crissutn ochraceous 
b-n’ 1 Id;'. -■ b-ciirv.-d : r«’,t a -1 dnii'!- :tb ■ • ; >;•.■■■ e<*» and legs brown; 
• i • • tgth of adult male about 139,7 (5.50); wing 63.5 (2.50); tail 60.8 
12 . 39 ); bill to (>’; su- ?,r. (.5 t). !■ t-Vinde : lilt 1,1 .- iihi", 
Recognition Marks Wa.-r' . . t , .i« .■nd in modest colors 
above- the u!■ - ■■■• ri -per in : ; ■ ' her aitim nd whiter below than the 
next fm 
I'm -. i :v;. (■ : • • . • , i-■ aid _-,v, n. ev,;.; crowded behind a 
w.i.oii.- ; o: i- lii 1'sually 3 or 6, sometimes 
■ i ■■. ... k! ••' i ,i- !• innaraon-brown or hazel. 
■ ml A-. -1 j 3.3 \ t; 4 ; .(•>< x . y-p. Season-: May-June: 
K -ip- 01 rin /eater par; of Nor ho 1 i Icub-phe-e. except 
Mr;. . ■ 
iiati-st- o: 1'. flif i s'Cade-Sierra Mountain st -'tv . I M •■«!!y. in O:; gori 
and < 1;;. • - • if. '. tounaci Mountain# utiring rceaiar';;, ro adjacent 
Distribution in California. Or-u-.titfu r<.sides 
Sierra Creeper 
About % life size 
From a water-color painting by Allan Brooks 
■■ '■ '. ' i -■<-.’■ i-., ■ < • ' • ■ ii.. 1900, p. 59 
Ok: • ■ . .. ; . . pd; voi. . iii. loot, p. 182 
' 1 '• . ifooi., vol. v., 1908, 
..-.adi t 1 and Transition 
5 to the - -it hem border 
:.!•> ; Lett ol the 
■■■■'< f It vel?. g., Santa 
No. Hlh 
. i . bm browner and more suffused with 
• more- pronoun redly buff; niidcrparls more huffy’’ {Ridg- 
..Hiw iu’iiiip r flight amber-brown). Length of male: 
: Lii! t 5 2 f.6o): tarsus r5.5 ;.6i). 
• •••■ '-•••cl Ije-hind sprung bur!.- -t , preferably of 
•••!••• ix-igh!#—3 to 20 feet up •.-.• -..cord of 60). 
.-. t--. ..•••;•’> 2 '••;. Eggs: 3 or 6 ; as :•>(.. i. -.dotes. Sect¬ 
or Northwest Pacific coastal • ••'; , broadly in the 
• •• -uth to Monterey Countv. ( ulifornia. 
