. 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 . ; under parts white ; ear-coverts and line above posterior half of eye pure Female: Similar to male, but smaller and duller; ear-coverts and hind-neck dull : Upper parts entirely dull brownish slate; feathers of under parts grayish beneath the Distribution: Western United States, east to the_Rocky Mountains, south in winter to Costa Rica, nor
. 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 . ; under parts white ; ear-coverts and line above posterior half of eye pure Female: Similar to male, but smaller and duller; ear-coverts and hind-neck dull : Upper parts entirely dull brownish slate; feathers of under parts grayish beneath the Distribution: Western United States, east to the_Rocky Mountains, south in winter to Costa Rica, north to Breeding Range: In Transition zone nearly throughout the Season: May and : In cliffs, hollow trees, under eaves of houses, etc.; made of dry grasses ; lined with : 4 or 5 ; pure white. Size X The Violet-green Swallow is astrikingly beautiful bird both in formand coloring. Although its plumagelacks somewhat of the lustre ofthe other swallows, the brightgreen-and-violet effects of theupper parts render itunique among its is a lover of pinewoods and mountain for-ests, but where theseare scarce, it makes itshome amongr the bare. cliffs, nesting 615. Northern Violet-green Swallow. It is a lover of pine woodsand mountain forests. in crev-ices in the rocks. InCalifornia all of the nestsI have found have been in de-serted woodpecker excavationswhich the Swallows had filledwith feathers and bits of grass. GREEN, GREENISH GRAY, AND OLIVE 447 The young are naked when hatched, but feather intoa soft mottled gray with glints of blue and green onthe upper parts and the under parts nearly are fed on small insects by regurgitation. 627 a. WESTERN WARBLING VIREO. — Vireo sylvagilva swainsoni. Family : The Vireos. Length: Adults: Upper parts olive grayish; top of head dull ash-gray; rurnp and upper tail-coverts pale olive-green ; white streaks through eye ; wings and tail plain dusky brown ; s
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