. Handbook of birds of the western United States including the great plains, great basin, Pacific slope, and lower Rio Grande valley . l patch smaller. Young: similar to young of arcticus, but : length (skins) , wing , tail , bill . Female : length (skins) , wing , tail , Distribution. — Breeds in Transition and Upper Sonoran zones from theRocky Mountains to California and from British Columbia south to LowerCalifornia and northern Mexico. Nest. — On the ground or in a bush, made variously of inner bark,leaves
. Handbook of birds of the western United States including the great plains, great basin, Pacific slope, and lower Rio Grande valley . l patch smaller. Young: similar to young of arcticus, but : length (skins) , wing , tail , bill . Female : length (skins) , wing , tail , Distribution. — Breeds in Transition and Upper Sonoran zones from theRocky Mountains to California and from British Columbia south to LowerCalifornia and northern Mexico. Nest. — On the ground or in a bush, made variously of inner bark,leaves, and small sticks, lined with grass. JEggs : 4 or 5, pale greenish orbluish, finely specked with brown and lavender, massed around larger end. 588b. p. m. oregonus (Bell). Oregon Towhee. Adult male. — Upper parts mainly black, white markings inconspicuous;streaks on back mainly obsolete orconcealed; wing bars reduced todisconnected round white spots,white of outer tail feather reducedto thumb mark,less than an inchin length, outer web mainly black ; *^* rufous of sides very dark. Adult female: black replaced by dark sooty. 366 FINCHES, SPARROWS, ETC. brown or sooty black, indistinctly streaked with black; rufous of sidesdeep. Young: Darker and more uniform than young megalonyx; throatand chest sooty, not streaked. Male ; length (skins) , wing- , tail , bill .. Female: length (skins) , , tail , bill . Remarks. — In the Oregon towhee the general size and hind claw aremuch smaller than in the spurred, while the absence of white markingsmakes a good field character. Distribution. — Breeds in humid Transition zone from British Columbiato San Francisco; winters south to southern California, 588c. P. m. clementse [Grinn.). San Clemente Towhee. Adult male. — Like megalonyx, but bill and feet relatively larger andcoloration grayer; upper parts sooty, washed with olive gray; rumplighter, upper tail cover
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