BREWER BLACKBIRD. 
510. Euphagus cyanocephalus. 10 inches. 
Found throughout western North America, breeding from 
Alaska to southern California. They differ from the preced¬ 
ing in having a purplish reflection on the head and upper 
parts, and greenish black body. They nest abundantly through¬ 
out their range, either in bushes or trees at low elevations, 
or upon the ground; the nests are made of sticks, roots 
and grasses, lined with finer grass. Three to five eggs are 
laid, which are very variable in marking, a dull white, spot¬ 
ted and blotched all over thickly with brown of different 
shades (1.00 x.75). 
WESTERN EVENING GROSBEAK. 
514a. Hesperiphona vespertina montana. 8 inches. 
Western North America, and breeding from British Colum¬ 
bia to central California. They build in the evergreen trees 
upon the mountain side or along some stream in the willows; 
they are always frail structures made up of a few loosely 
put together twigs and roots. Three or four pale greenish 
eggs, spotted sparingly with brown, are the usual comple¬ 
ment (.90x.65). 
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