. 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 Gambel Sparrow Taken at Pasadena nothing but dzinks and titters from the skulking host. That would never do. I will surren- der at discretion instead —surrender and play the part of Burns' Whee hee hee hee wheooo hee; wheeoo he— suddenly broken off; Hoo hooee; wheeoo hoo che wee che wee hee; chee oo chee chee wee chee. These imitations are very stupid, of course— about as expressive of Zonotrichian melody as a naked wire dummy is of a m
. 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 Gambel Sparrow Taken at Pasadena nothing but dzinks and titters from the skulking host. That would never do. I will surren- der at discretion instead —surrender and play the part of Burns' Whee hee hee hee wheooo hee; wheeoo he— suddenly broken off; Hoo hooee; wheeoo hoo che wee che wee hee; chee oo chee chee wee chee. These imitations are very stupid, of course— about as expressive of Zonotrichian melody as a naked wire dummy is of a man. The joy of life, the tuneful modu- lations, the vocal slide, the clear fluting, and the languorous content, all are gone out of them. Suffice to say that the Gambel Sparrow has manifest advantage in song over his prosaic cousin nuttalli, while he fails to measure quite up to the clear resonances of leucophrys. It is as flocking birds that we know these ubiquitous Crowners best. They feed beside the road or in the edges of fields, stealing out from cover one by one, not without misgiving dzinks, until the ground is covered with them. At a sound, at a suspicion even, the flock rises noisily and bolts for shelter. Secure in the depths of weed or bush, they wait silently until danger is past, or if it does not pass, they begin to edge away or depart by ones or twos or dozens for more distant fields. It is always provoking to the bird-student, consciously guiltless of intent to harm, to have these prosy. Photo by Donald R. Dickey THE VANGUARD OF THE FRIENDLY HOST 1 "The chiel's amang them takin' notes.' 328. 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; B
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