. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds -- North America; Ornithology -- North American; Oiseaux -- Amérique du Nord; Ornithologie -- Amérique du Nord. —THE KLNClllX 123 sliadc, ami wasluMl with frra\ ish ; iiiitMU' of tlu' U'lly only wliitisli; tho uiuK-r tail-covnts \n\\e ruruus, >lia«liiii; into li|«'litrr al>oiit tlu' v«'rit ami siiles of lowrr lu'lly ; tiiin and throat Wfll-d« rnu'd jtalc rufous, luaiL'iniMl all round hy l»n»wn spots, a f»'W of tlu lu scattcri'd. Pipilo /u», var cri.\ within tho niaririn. Kvrlids and sitlos of head
. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds -- North America; Ornithology -- North American; Oiseaux -- Amérique du Nord; Ornithologie -- Amérique du Nord. —THE KLNClllX 123 sliadc, ami wasluMl with frra\ ish ; iiiitMU' of tlu' U'lly only wliitisli; tho uiuK-r tail-covnts \n\\e ruruus, >lia«liiii; into li|«'litrr al>oiit tlu' v«'rit ami siiles of lowrr lu'lly ; tiiin and throat Wfll-d« rnu'd jtalc rufous, luaiL'iniMl all round hy l»n»wn spots, a f»'W of tlu lu scattcri'd. Pipilo /u», var cri.\ within tho niaririn. Kvrlids and sitlos of head, anterior to the cyo. rufous like the throat. One or two feathers »»n the lower part of the breast with a eon<'ealed brown Moteh. Outer primary not ed<;ed with white. Fifth quill lt)nirt'st ; tirst shorter than ninth, or even than secondaries. Hill pale brown, darker abov*-; lri;s li^rht. Len<;th, inches; win( of Mexico, the orijj^inal description of Swaiiisou answering almost exactly. It is, however, consider- ably larger ; the pro})ortions of wing are similar; and there is no decided in- dication of whitish in the niidille of the body beneath, such as is always distinctly apjireciable in /hscks, and still more in mt'noh'nois. A young bird ditl'ers but little from the ailult except in having obsolete dusky streaks below ; the up])er parts are uniform. Habits. The Brown, or Canon Fin(di of California is found nearly throughout the State of California. Mr. Xantus obtained it at Fort Tejon, and ^Ir. Kidgway (d»served it among the chaparrals on the foothills of the western slope of the Sierras. Dr. Cooper considers the name of Canon Finch ill applied to this species, as it is etjually ]>lentiful in level districts, wherever trees and shrubbery exist. He regards it as one of the most abundant and characteristic birds of California, residing in all the lower country west of the Sierras, and extending up the slopes of the Coast IJange to the height of
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