CONTENTS. 



Page, 



Introduction 7 



California quail 9 



Woodpecker family 14 



Hairy woodpecker 15 



Downy woodpecker 17 



Nuttall woodpecker 19 



Red-breasted sapsucker 21 



California woodpecker 22 



Red-shafted nicker 25 



Other woodpeckers 28 



Flycatcher family 29 



Ash-throated flycatcher 29 



Arkansas kingbird 32 



Cassin kingbird 34 



Say phoebe 35 



Black phoebe 36 



Western wood pewee 39 



Western flycatcher 41 



Other flycatchers 44 



Horned lark 44 



Jay family 47 



Steller jay 47 



California jay 50 



Blackbird, oriole, and meadowlark family 56 



Bicolored redwing 56 



Other redwings 59 



Brewer blackbird 59 



Western meadowlark 65 



Bullock oriole 68 



Sparrow family 71 



Willow goldfinch 71 



Green-backed goldfinch 73 



Intermediate and Nuttall sparrows 75 



Golden-crowned sparrow 78 



Western chipping sparrow 80 



Western snowbird 82 



Western song sparrow 84 



Spotted towhee 86 



California towhee 89 



Black-headed grosbeak 93 



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