. Birds of California; an introduction to more than three hundred common birds of the state and adjacent islands, with a supplementary list of rare migrants, accidental visitants, and hypothetical subspecies . bark, etc.; lined with horsehair, fine rootlets, etc.; rather flat; placed in coniferous : 3 or 4 ; pale greenish, spotted and dotted about the larger end with shades of brown and lavender. Size X Wherever in the Sierra Xevada you find pine conesin plenty, look for the Crossbills. From Placer Countyto Mount Whitney they are more or less common dur-ing: the summer. We
. Birds of California; an introduction to more than three hundred common birds of the state and adjacent islands, with a supplementary list of rare migrants, accidental visitants, and hypothetical subspecies . bark, etc.; lined with horsehair, fine rootlets, etc.; rather flat; placed in coniferous : 3 or 4 ; pale greenish, spotted and dotted about the larger end with shades of brown and lavender. Size X Wherever in the Sierra Xevada you find pine conesin plenty, look for the Crossbills. From Placer Countyto Mount Whitney they are more or less common dur-ing: the summer. We use thisphrase advisedly, for never werebirds more capricious in thechoice of feeding and nestinggrounds. If here one season,as likely as not next year willfind them miles away. But because youmay not have seen them, do not decidethat they are not near. One hundredfeet away a Hock of twenty to fifty maybe feasting in the tree tops and not oneelsewhere. Or you may have them asneighbors to-day, and to-morrow find notrace of one. In the winter this is evenmore true, for they straggle irregularlyover the central part of the State evenas far south as Pasadena. At Mon-irrcirular summer visitants ; and since. 521 a. Head doinadee fashion. chick- thev are terey they are without established laws as to breedingrange, they may even be found breeding there. Thenest is placed on the horizontal branch of a coniferoustree, usually about twenty feet from the ground, andboth sexes assist in its construction. From the curi- BLUE OR METALLIC BLUE 485 ously twisted shape of tlie bill one would expect themto have some trouble iu carrying twigs to it, but theymanage very well. Listead of picking up from theground the twigs needed, they wisely prefer to pull themfrom the tree, selecting brittle, dead limbs. In procur-ing the fine rootlets with which the nest is made, theirawkward bill is an advantage. It is a great advantage,also, in prying open the pine cones and dexterously ex
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