paler blue front with white toward tail; F. above 
smoky gray with spread wings similar to male. 
Found—Western N. A. Mt. regions to oo slopes of 
Cascades. _ 
- Nest—Holes in trees. 
Eggs—4-7, greenish blue. 
Soft warble. 
Western, or California Bluebird: 53h. : 
S.—M. Above cobalt blue with some chestnut; below 
reddish-gray with rump, wings, and tail cobalt blue. 
Notice—-Paler blue throat and breast. 
Found—Pacific coast district, irregularly eastward to 
Idaho and Montana. 
Nest—Holes of trees. 
 Eggs—4-7 pale blue. 
Soft warbling “tru-al-ly.” 
Lazuli Bunting, 5%. i | 
M. Head, neck, back azure pe. tawny brown bieaet 
and sides; abdomen white; F. gray-brown back; | 
tawny buffy below; bluish rump. : 
Notice—Two white wing bars. 
Found—From B. C. to Mex., Pacific to Kansas. 
Nest—Shrubs. 
Eggs-——3-4 bluish, or greenish. 
Weak warble. 
Great Blue Heron. | | 
~ See Birds Found about Water. 
Steller Jay, 12%. : 
Front of body and ao sooty brown; blue streaks on 
— forehead; gray throat; dark blue on rump and most 
of lower parts; wings and tail blue with black bars. 
Notice—Blackish crest. 
Found—West of Cascades from middle California 
through Washington. 
Nest—Trees, wide, flat; twigs, grass lined, toatlery, 
mud interlining. 
Eggs—3-6 greenish or buffy, apetiate: 
Harsh “Chay, chay.” 
8. Brown or Brownish-black Plumage. 
California Creeper. 
Similar to Tawny Creeper but paler. 
Found—Central western B. C. and U. S. to Los Angeles. 
Tawny Creeper, 5%. 
Dark rusty brown back, wings, and tail; all narrowly 
streaked with black; below whitish. — 
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