. The bird book : illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs . it. Psaltriparus minimus grindce. Range/—Southern Lower California. The nesting habits of this variety,which is very similar to the last, donot vary in any respect; eggs indis-tinguishable. 744. Lead-colored Bush-Tit. Psaltriparus plumbeus. Range.—Rocky Mountain regionfrom Wyoming south to Arizona. This species suspends its semi-pen-sile nests in bushes or trees, and sometimes from the mistletoe, which growson numerous trees in southern Ari-z
. The bird book : illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs . it. Psaltriparus minimus grindce. Range/—Southern Lower California. The nesting habits of this variety,which is very similar to the last, donot vary in any respect; eggs indis-tinguishable. 744. Lead-colored Bush-Tit. Psaltriparus plumbeus. Range.—Rocky Mountain regionfrom Wyoming south to Arizona. This species suspends its semi-pen-sile nests in bushes or trees, and sometimes from the mistletoe, which growson numerous trees in southern Ari-zona. The nests are composed likethose of the Cal. Bush-Tit and rangefrom 6 to 10 inches in length. Theeggs are white, five or six in numberand measure .55 x .42. 745. Lloyds Bush-Tit. Psaltri-parus melanotis lloydi. Range.—Northern Mexico north intowestern Texas and New Mexico. This species is similar to the lead-colored Bush-Tit but has the ear cov-erts glossy black. Like the others, itbuilds a long pensile nest of similarmaterial and suspended from theextremities of limbs near the groundThe five to seven eggs are pure .58 x . E. L. BickfordlUSII-TIT AND NEST
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