. Bird guide . GREEN-TAILED TOWHEE. Oreospiza chlorura. 7 inches. These are characteristic birds of the Western moun-tains. They are typical brush birds, satished in livinga life of security in their own way, and rarely appearabove the surface of the thick shrubbery except tomount to a conspicuous twig, pour forth their sweetmelodies and then retreat again. Notes.—A loud chip; a soft, mewing note; song,fnich-like, musical but rather simple. Nest.—Either on the ground or in bushes near theground. Made of grasses the same as that of any of thesparrows. Eggs pale bluish gray, thickly speck
. Bird guide . GREEN-TAILED TOWHEE. Oreospiza chlorura. 7 inches. These are characteristic birds of the Western moun-tains. They are typical brush birds, satished in livinga life of security in their own way, and rarely appearabove the surface of the thick shrubbery except tomount to a conspicuous twig, pour forth their sweetmelodies and then retreat again. Notes.—A loud chip; a soft, mewing note; song,fnich-like, musical but rather simple. Nest.—Either on the ground or in bushes near theground. Made of grasses the same as that of any of thesparrows. Eggs pale bluish gray, thickly speckled withreddish brown. The nests are built in very thicklytangled underbrush and are difficult to locate. Range.—Western United States, from the easternbase of the Rockies west to the eastern slope of theSierra Nevadas. CARDINAL. 5il3. Cardinalis carilhidlis. 9 inclies Noble in carriage, beautiful of plumage, amiable indisposition and excellent singers are some of the quali-fications of these large-billed
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