The California Mur re 
sort of down, white below, and black, varied by a sprinkling of stout 
white hairs, above,—all very short. They are therefore shivery little 
Taken in Washington From a photograph. Copyright 1907 , bv W. L. Dawson 
A NIAGARA OF MURRES 
things, and require constant brooding. It is on this account that the 
anxious parents venture back, singly and by groups, as soon as the armed 
terror begins to retire. In preparing to alight, the bird’s body is brought 
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