. 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 . hills back from the coast. No very definite breedingrange can be given him, for he is a capricious littlecreature, abundant in one locality and rare or unknownin another that seems in climate and surroundings to be identical with theone he has in the lowhot valleys aboutthe Colorado Des-ert, or in the Se-quoia National Parkat an altitude ofnine thousand feet,he builds his
. 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 . hills back from the coast. No very definite breedingrange can be given him, for he is a capricious littlecreature, abundant in one locality and rare or unknownin another that seems in climate and surroundings to be identical with theone he has in the lowhot valleys aboutthe Colorado Des-ert, or in the Se-quoia National Parkat an altitude ofnine thousand feet,he builds his homeand rears his youngin gay indifference to climatic conditions. Nor does heseem to have any especial favorites among the flowers ;and this, I believe, is because his food is so largely have found him hovering over the bells of the Yuccamore frequently than anywhere else, though at TiaJuana he was darting into the blossoms of the speciesof cactus so commonly domesticated by the Mexicansand used to brew a native drink. On one of these lowplants a pair had built their nest in a crotch of theprickly leaves. It was composed of buffy plant downand covered with webs and something that looked like. 429. Black-chinnedHummingbird. IAl daintily a few inchesaway. fc|. GREEN, GREENISH GRAY, AND OLIVE 419 the thread of the Yucca. The mother was sitting; thenest was inside the garden fence ; a fierce dog guardedthe premises, and the Mexican family were away cele-brating a church holiday. I could only admire from adistance, and, being unable to drive the mother from herpost, did not ascertain whether eggs or young were theobjects of her care. There was no question of identi-fication, though Costas hummingbird is more apt tobuild on cactus than this species. Another nest, foundiu the alders of a dry river bed, was quite unlike thefirst, and but for the father, who, contrary to humming-bird etiquette, sat within two feet of the broodingmother, I would not have attributed it to this
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