. 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 Spotted Towhees able kind of a way. And, in general, the song is a simple, rapid itera- tion, a churr. Yet in Owens Valley near Lone Pine, I heard putzee putzee putzee, and again from another throat a strange ventriloquial con- tortion, hamx hamx ham(a)x. Not once in that section did I hear the familiar wheeze, or churr; and the songs were all those of foreigners. In. Taken in Modoc Connlv NEST AND EGGS OF THE NEVADA SPOTTED TOWHEE Photo by the
. 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 Spotted Towhees able kind of a way. And, in general, the song is a simple, rapid itera- tion, a churr. Yet in Owens Valley near Lone Pine, I heard putzee putzee putzee, and again from another throat a strange ventriloquial con- tortion, hamx hamx ham(a)x. Not once in that section did I hear the familiar wheeze, or churr; and the songs were all those of foreigners. In. Taken in Modoc Connlv NEST AND EGGS OF THE NEVADA SPOTTED TOWHEE Photo by the Author the Yosemite Valley we heard a peculiar, lengthy, aspirated preface, hoorip z' z' z' \ and this came in precisely similar accents from individuals a mile apart. The "liberty of difference" pertains, also, as certainly, to the ordi- nary scolding, or keep-in-touch note, marie. This varies by shades too subtle to describe; but the clear marie of Washington birds has shaded off in the case of P. m. montanus of southern Arizona (the Patagonia Mountains, to be explicit) to a blurred murr. Similarly the drawling meay, or meayuh of P. m. oregonus has become meow yaaar in Santa Cruz 39^. 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. (William Lovell), 1876-1953; Brooks, Allan, 1869-1946. San Diego ; Los Angeles ; San Francisco : South Moulton Company
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