. 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 Western Lark Sparrow THERE is a spot near Shandon so and its unspoiled simplicities, that one tion to it. The vaquero knew its solitu fully upon its skirts; but so far tion of the "oil-rig," and the If you will promise not to plot join us on an afternoon in raining off and on for is clear now, and welcom endeared by reason of its verdure hesitates to draw invidious atten- des, and the rancher dwells peace- it has been spared the desec
. 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 Western Lark Sparrow THERE is a spot near Shandon so and its unspoiled simplicities, that one tion to it. The vaquero knew its solitu fully upon its skirts; but so far tion of the "oil-rig," and the If you will promise not to plot join us on an afternoon in raining off and on for is clear now, and welcom endeared by reason of its verdure hesitates to draw invidious atten- des, and the rancher dwells peace- it has been spared the desecra- other engines of civilization, "improvements," you shall early April. It has been a week, but the sky the lush grasses feet with the. abandonment 'dobe hills rise of the village, and their durous eminences stretch our vision. A full third for the rains have beaten to time, and the sides of with huge amphitheaters whose sides, in turn, are fluted in a thousand fantastic forms Take?: in Ventura County Photo by Donald R. Dickey A PRUDENT MOMENT of fulness. The smartly to the east rounded, varied, ver- ke a canvas before of the canvas is yellow, too fiercely from time the hills are rent open and earthen funnels, gashed and scarred and Fierce little barrancas, as sharply graven in the greensward as with the stroke of an etcher's tool, have led off the sudden torrents from the vortices of these weird funnels, but tiring presently of their impetuous burdens, they have spewed out the muddy waters in great yellow triangles over the sides of the lower slopes. But elsewhere all is green, green save for the glowing pink of owl's foot clover, 236. 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, Donald R. (Donald Ryder), 1887-1932; Pierce, Wright M; Finley, William L.
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