. [Collected reprints, 1911-1931. Ornithology; Mammals. 300 University of California Publications in Zoology [Vol. 24 A second nest, in a somewhat similar situation, was discovered, unfinished, on June 8. Both birds were around at that time, hut they deserted this home before any eggs were laid. The solitaires did not sing much but the call note was uttered con- tinually. From our rooms in town at Telegraph Creek, this was one bird note that could be heard hour after hour, monotonously repeated nearly the whole day through. To our ears it sounded so nearly like the distant barking of a Califor
. [Collected reprints, 1911-1931. Ornithology; Mammals. 300 University of California Publications in Zoology [Vol. 24 A second nest, in a somewhat similar situation, was discovered, unfinished, on June 8. Both birds were around at that time, hut they deserted this home before any eggs were laid. The solitaires did not sing much but the call note was uttered con- tinually. From our rooms in town at Telegraph Creek, this was one bird note that could be heard hour after hour, monotonously repeated nearly the whole day through. To our ears it sounded so nearly like the distant barking of a California ground squirrel (Citellus heecheyi) that the sound would surely have been disregarded as a bird call had we been in a region where the squirrels Fig. PF. placed in a full benefit 1919. Townsend solitaire (Myadestes townsendi) on nest. This nest was cut bank at the side of»a road, a southern exposure that received the of the sun's rays. Photograph taken near Telegraph Creek, June 9, At Glenora, early in July, and at Doch-da-on Creek, toward the end of the same month, solitaires were seen at intervals, single birds, and apparently migrating, though nearly all that were seen were still in the Juvenal plumage. "While none was observed by us any farther down the river, the capture of one at "Wrangell on April 30, 1919, by E. P. Walker (no. 41286) indicates the possible occurrence of the species at any point in the Stikine Valley during the migrations. Two specimens were collected, a male and a female, both in juvenal plumage, taken at Glenora on July 5 and 7, respectively (nos. 40286, 40287). Compared with Californian birds at the same stage, the Stikine River specimens show some difference in coloration. The ground color. 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 Swarth, Harry Schelw
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