. 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 . 9 and white flits through the clearings in the Sierra Nevadaand you are conscious that an Audubon Warbler hasflown by. He has all the tricks and manners of a fly-catcher, darting out after insects or dodging about amongthe tree tops, always in a hurry, always in a mad chasefor something to you go to hissummer haunts in theSierra Nevada you willnot see him at his best,for the w
. 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 . 9 and white flits through the clearings in the Sierra Nevadaand you are conscious that an Audubon Warbler hasflown by. He has all the tricks and manners of a fly-catcher, darting out after insects or dodging about amongthe tree tops, always in a hurry, always in a mad chasefor something to you go to hissummer haunts in theSierra Nevada you willnot see him at his best,for the winter visitantof the valleys wears amore sober plumage ofdull brown streaked withblack and only a littleyellow visible. In hisbreeding grouuds amongthe pines and spruces ofthe mountains he is abrilliant, happy-go-luckylittle chap, not at all shy,but is so absorbed in hisown busy life as to carelittle who watches four nests I havefound were all near Tallac on Lake Tahoe, and were all inyoung spruce trees, within five feet of the ground, alonga frequented path. On June 15 one contained younga week old, and three held eggs in various stages of in-cubation. The pair whose young had hatched so early. 656. Audubon AVakeler. Always in a mad chase for somethingto eai. 540 LAND BIRDS were very friendly, feeding them without much fearwhile I sat within three or four feet of the nest and ona level with it. They usually came with nothing to beseen in their beaks, but the insect food they had gleanedand carried in their own throats was regurgitated intothe throats of the young. When the latter were fivedays old the mother bird, for the first time, brought aninsect large enough to be seen, and crammed it into theopen bill of one of the nestlings, and from that time onmost of the food brought was eaten by the young whilefresh. In the brood whose incubation was closely watched,I found that twelve days elapsed between the laying ofthe last egg and the advent of the young. The femaledid
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