| Varied Pirush: Sheu 9%. 7 | 
_M. Above slate color with two conspicuous tawny wing’ 
bars; lateral head stripe same tawny; below tawny 
-_ orange-yellow fading to white belly; F. duller. 
- Notice—Black collar connecting with black on sides of 
‘face. . 
-Found—Forests and mountains of western N. A from 
Cal. northward. 
-Nest—Sticks, twigs, moss, seckeed wood. 
Egegs—3-4 greenish blue, dotted. 
| Plaintive, whimsical, one-toned whistle. 
Oregon Towhee, 8. : 
M. Black bill, head, neck, back, tail and wings; white 
breast, spots on wings and tail; flanks reddish brown. 
F. black replaced by sooty brown. 
Notice—Red eye. ! | 
Found—Pacifie Coast district from San Francisco Bay 
north to Alaska. | | 
 Nest—Ground, sticks, leaves, ae e@rass. 
- Eggs—3-5 ens dotted. 
 “Mewing “Me-ay’”. Song locust- like trill, 
Spurred Towhee. | 
Quite similar to Oregon Towhee but ae and lighter; 
white markings larger. 
- Found—Interior Rocky Mt. patees from Mexico to B. C. 
Bohemian Waxwing. | 
See Birds with Crest. 
Red wax-like points on ends of some wing feathers. 
Cedar Waxwing. 
See Birds with Crest. 
_ Gairdner Woodpecker. 
See Birds with Black in Plumage. 
Harris Woodpecker. : 
See Birds with Black in Plumage. 
~ Lewis Woodpecker, 10144-1144. 
Upper parts lustrous greenish black, except top of head 
dull black; chest and collar silvery gray; sides of 
head, chin and face crimson; rest of lower pats rosy, 
mixed with ashy. 
Notice—Iridescence and red hole like lower Hieiiees 
Found—N. A. from southern B. C. to Arizona west of 
the Rocky Mts. | : : 
Nest—Usually high hole in dead tree. 
Eggs—5-9 white. 
‘A curious, raucous twitter.” 
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