. The birds of California : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 580 species and subspecies of birds found in the state. Birds; Birds. The Black-chinned Sparrow at a quarter of a mile. Once known, it can never be forgotten; and many a chaparral-covered hillside, which otherwise would have had no distinc- tion, is forever impressed on memory by the quaintly sweet brank brank brank brank trrrr of this modest and all too distant singer. The behavior of the Black-chinned Sparrow is worth recording. As a singer he performs conscientiously, and with an eye single to duty. He chooses ele
. The birds of California : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 580 species and subspecies of birds found in the state. Birds; Birds. The Black-chinned Sparrow at a quarter of a mile. Once known, it can never be forgotten; and many a chaparral-covered hillside, which otherwise would have had no distinc- tion, is forever impressed on memory by the quaintly sweet brank brank brank brank trrrr of this modest and all too distant singer. The behavior of the Black-chinned Sparrow is worth recording. As a singer he performs conscientiously, and with an eye single to duty. He chooses elevated stations, a yucca stalk, the tip of the tallest chamisal, or, rarely, a tree. He is quite demure in manner, sitting pensive or turning calmly in the intervals which succeed his song. But every five or ten minutes, prudence enjoins that he shift his station, even though it be to another of equal prominence. If we approach, he will retire, singing distantly, or else con- clude the concert abruptly. Not from him shall we receive any informa- tion as to the dainty nest, placed at a height of a foot or so, in one of the thickest bushes of the hillside. And if we flush the female, sitting tight till close approach, she will disappear upon the instant, and as like as not for good. As a confirmed oologist, I am inclined to resent this reticence, and to set it down to contumacy rather than caution. The three or four tiny blue- green eggs, with or with- out spots and dots of cinnamon or sepia, are annoyingly like those of Spizella passerina. Who knows? One would like to see the parent bird. And if there were dan- ger of Brewer's Sparrows. Taken in San Bernardino County Photo by Wright M. NEST AND EGGS OF BLACK-CHINNED SPARROW 3". Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Dawson, William Leon, 1873-192
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