. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. 6o BIRDS OF AMERICA OREGON TOWHEE Pipilo maculatus oregonus Bell A. O. U. Number 588b Other Name.— Spotted Towhee. General Description.— Length, 8 inches. Fore and upper parts, black; under parts, white and brownish. Wings, rather short and much rounded; tail, longer than wing, rounded, the feathers broad with compact webs and rounded tips ; feet, stout. Color.— Adult Male: Head, neck, and chest, black, the throat with a white spot, and, very rarely, the back of head streaked with rufous; upper parts, black; middle and greater wing-coverts tipped wi
. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. 6o BIRDS OF AMERICA OREGON TOWHEE Pipilo maculatus oregonus Bell A. O. U. Number 588b Other Name.— Spotted Towhee. General Description.— Length, 8 inches. Fore and upper parts, black; under parts, white and brownish. Wings, rather short and much rounded; tail, longer than wing, rounded, the feathers broad with compact webs and rounded tips ; feet, stout. Color.— Adult Male: Head, neck, and chest, black, the throat with a white spot, and, very rarely, the back of head streaked with rufous; upper parts, black; middle and greater wing-coverts tipped with white, forming two spots; three to four outer tail-feathers with small terminal spaces of white, chiefly on inner webs; the outermost tail-feathers with the outer web edged with white; breast and abdomen, white; sides and flanks, cinnamon-rufous occasionally with dusky spots or bars; anal region and under tail-coverts, paler cinnamon-tawny or ochraceous buff; bill, black. Adult Female: Similar to adult male, but throat and chest dark sooty brown or sooty black; general color of upper parts, dark sooty brown. Nest and Eggs.— Nest ; In ground, rim sunk flush with the surface, usually near streams ; a strong, well built structure of bark strips, grass, or pine needles, lined with grass. Eggs: 4 or S, very pale greenish white, covered with spots and specks of chestnut and lavender. Distribution.— Coast district of southern British Columbia, Vancouver Island, Washington, Oregon, and California, south to San Francisco Bay; winters south to southern California. The group of Tovvhees, known as Spotted To- whees, and of which the Oregon Towhee is a member, are found in western United States and Mexico among the chaparral. They are very shy and simply refuse to stay where they can be observed; just as you hear one sing and catch sight of him on the top of a bush, he sees you and down he drops to the ground and starts scratching among the leaves under the bushes. In southern
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