. Birds of California; an introduction to more than three hundred common birds of the state and adjacent islands . wn bright chestnut ; upper parts grayish olive, merging to bright olive-green on wings and tail ; throat, malar stripe, and middle of belly white ; edge of wing and under wing-coverts : Grayish olive above, streaked with dark gray ; under parts whitish, streaked with Distribution: Rocky Mountains to the coast, north to Mt. Shasta, south to Lower Breeding Range : Higher Sierra Nevada and desert ranges from Mt. Shasta to San Bernar
. Birds of California; an introduction to more than three hundred common birds of the state and adjacent islands . wn bright chestnut ; upper parts grayish olive, merging to bright olive-green on wings and tail ; throat, malar stripe, and middle of belly white ; edge of wing and under wing-coverts : Grayish olive above, streaked with dark gray ; under parts whitish, streaked with Distribution: Rocky Mountains to the coast, north to Mt. Shasta, south to Lower Breeding Range : Higher Sierra Nevada and desert ranges from Mt. Shasta to San Bernardino Season : : On or near the ground, in cactus, sagebrush, or chaparral; of twigs and weed stems ; lined with : 3 or 4 ; whitish, speckled with chestnut. In the higher Sierra Nevada, where the solitaire andleucosticte form the mountain chorus, look for the Green-tailed Towhee. Among all the mountain songtsters liehas few rivals. Whether perchcil on top of a clumpof clia{)arral pouring out his rich l)ell-like music inthe half-light of evening, or dodging among the dense. 252 LAND BIRDS brush, or running swiftly across the open spaces frombush to bush on the arid mountain sides, the Green-tailed Tovvhee has a manner distinctly his own. You^-^^ may know him by his semi-erectile chestnut\^ crown, w^hite throat, and green ^3 His alarm note is a cat-like mew, lackingthe harshness of the note of the catbird, andthe insistent force of that of the spurredtowhee. It is a polite protest againstyour intrusion. His songi^i^^ 4^^^^ ^^^^^ has somewhat of a thrush- (^l^ like quality, but is more varied, possessing a vigor and enthusiasm not found in thatof the more quiet singer. His nest is hidden in, or under, one of the/ stunted bushes with which the rocky groundP^ s,y is covered, and, brooding there day after day,^^^ d his olive mate is safe in her protective hatched Towhees are the same nakednestlings, whether cuddled in a chap
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