. The birds of California : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 580 species and subspecies of birds found in the state. Birds; Birds. The Say Phoebe southward, abundantly in the San Diegan district, more sparingly on the islands. Never reported from the humid coastal strip. Authorities.—Gambel (Tyranmda Saya), Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., vol. iii., 1847, p. 156 (Calif.); Fisher, N. Am. Fauna, no. 7, 1893, p. 61 (Owens Valley, Death Valley, etc.; occurrence, habits); Bendire, Life Hist. N. Am. Birds, vol. ii., 1895, p. 276, pi. 1, fig. (eggs); Beal, U. S. Dept. Agric, Biol. Surv
. The birds of California : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 580 species and subspecies of birds found in the state. Birds; Birds. The Say Phoebe southward, abundantly in the San Diegan district, more sparingly on the islands. Never reported from the humid coastal strip. Authorities.—Gambel (Tyranmda Saya), Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., vol. iii., 1847, p. 156 (Calif.); Fisher, N. Am. Fauna, no. 7, 1893, p. 61 (Owens Valley, Death Valley, etc.; occurrence, habits); Bendire, Life Hist. N. Am. Birds, vol. ii., 1895, p. 276, pi. 1, fig. (eggs); Beal, U. S. Dept. Agric, Biol. Surv. Bull., no. 44, 1912, p. 36 (food); Grinnell, Univ. Calif. Pub. Zool., vol. xii., 1914, p. 149 (Colorado Valley).. Taken in Kern County GENERAL VIEW OF NESTING HAUNT Photo by the Author A GENTLE MELANCHOLY possesses the soul of all Pewees, and Sayornis sayus is the most desponding of the lot. It is impossible to guess what ancestral hardship could have stamped itself so indelibly upon any creature with wings. Perhaps the bird is haunted by the memory of that northern Eden once obliterated by the ice-sheet. Perhaps alkaline waters are bad for little livers. I do not know. Your guess is as good as mine. Choooory kuteew. This "choory" note, heard on a gray day in December, puts one in the same mental attitude as that induced by the modest mewing of a cat. I want to stop and stroke its head, and say in sympathetic falsetto, "Poor little kittens!" In keeping with its ascetic nature the Pewee haunts open, solitary places, drear pastures tenanted by mullein stalks, bleak hillsides swept by wintry gales, dull dobe cliffs with their solemn, silent fiutings. Or, 875. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Dawson, William Leon, 1873-1928; Dickey, Donald R. (Donald Ryder), 1887-1932; Pier
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