. 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 Canyon Wrens Wren meets the expectation. Whether the bird plays at hide-and-seek through trailing vines, or posts quietly on a rock-knob, or comes clinking over the face of a rocky exposure, it is easily seen to be the handsomest of North American wrens. The white of the throat, where alone the plumage is immaculate, shades on the breast into the rich warm brown or auburn of the hinderparts; and everywhere else there is speckling of black-and-w
. 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 Canyon Wrens Wren meets the expectation. Whether the bird plays at hide-and-seek through trailing vines, or posts quietly on a rock-knob, or comes clinking over the face of a rocky exposure, it is easily seen to be the handsomest of North American wrens. The white of the throat, where alone the plumage is immaculate, shades on the breast into the rich warm brown or auburn of the hinderparts; and everywhere else there is speckling of black-and-white or a barring of black. The bird, however attentive, cannot resist a peeping spider or an insulting midge, and whatever the danger, he manages to divide his time impartially between observation and insect-catching. If he is disturbed, as at nesting time, a musical clink, or cleeink, bursts from his mandibles, moment by moment, accom- panied by an emphatic bob or squat. Now and then these clinks are grouped hastily into an imitation of the dropping song, but with only a trifling change in pitch. There is no place forbidden to a Canyon Wren, no rock wall which frights him, no tunnel's mouth, nor intricacy of talus bed. He has no special predilection for the picturesque, however, as his name might seem to imply. A brush pile or a heap of old tin cans will do as well as a miner's cabin or an old Mission. What a merry soul it is, and his life how full of adventure! There is a wondrous variety in the world. Taken near Santa Barbara A TYPICAL NESTING SITE Photo by the Author 693. 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 A
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