. 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 California Thrasher. Taken in Los Angeles County Photo by Pierce weak a-wing, and oftener escapes by hopping through the shrubbery or running along the ground, than by exercise of the grand manner. Screeping in the brush is always gener- ously responded to, for redivivum has a lively bump of curiosity. He is, moreover, a duly con- stituted patrolman of the under chaparral; and because he is always dressed in service khaki, instead of the loudly
. 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 California Thrasher. Taken in Los Angeles County Photo by Pierce weak a-wing, and oftener escapes by hopping through the shrubbery or running along the ground, than by exercise of the grand manner. Screeping in the brush is always gener- ously responded to, for redivivum has a lively bump of curiosity. He is, moreover, a duly con- stituted patrolman of the under chaparral; and because he is always dressed in service khaki, instead of the loudly advertised blue of Sergeant Aphelocoma, he is able to closer grips with the lesser male- factors of the leafy half- world. It is the impulse of song alone which brings the Thrasher to plain view. Song requires the topmost bough of ceanothus or scrub oak, and the earnest gesticu- lations of the sickle-shaped mandibles are a commonplace to the observer who carries glasses. The song of the California Thrasher is most nearly comparable to that of the Mockingbird. It is, however, more broken, more impetuous, and a partisan might say of a fresher quality—at any rate, less conventional and civilized. The variety of utterance is so great, and the changes so incessant, that further character- ization is useless. Well sounding phrases are often repeated, but hardly ever more than once. Indeed, I suppose it is this habit of double phrasing to which the California Thrasher, in common with its eastern kinsman, the Brown Thrasher (7". rufum), owes the frequent misnomer, "; For everyone recalls, instinctively, Browning's words: A PUNGENT BOWER the white sage (Salvia apiana) is highly aromatic /OO. 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, 1873-1928; Dickey, Donal
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