. Birds of California; an introduction to more than three hundred common birds of the state and adjacent islands, with a supplementary list of rare migrants, accidental visitants, and hypothetical subspecies . ght and how often. Both DUSKY, GRAY, AND SLATE-COLORED 347 male and female were busy huntingsome sort of white larvae that theyobtained from an old stump. The adultsdid not swallow these, but carried themin their bills, — which convinced me thatthe nestlings were at least five days my own observation proves that theyoung of perching birds (as well asMacrochires and most Pici) are
. Birds of California; an introduction to more than three hundred common birds of the state and adjacent islands, with a supplementary list of rare migrants, accidental visitants, and hypothetical subspecies . ght and how often. Both DUSKY, GRAY, AND SLATE-COLORED 347 male and female were busy huntingsome sort of white larvae that theyobtained from an old stump. The adultsdid not swallow these, but carried themin their bills, — which convinced me thatthe nestlings were at least five days my own observation proves that theyoung of perching birds (as well asMacrochires and most Pici) are fed byregurgitation for four or five days, thelength of time varying in different spe-cies and depending on the kind of foodbrought. Birds eating large insects arefed on raw food sooner than thosefeeding upon minute insect life, such asant eggs, gnats, etc., and seed-eaters lastof all. In the case of the Nuthatches theentire brood left the nest,June 16, so that they must __ -ss^r. have been two weeks oldwhen discovered. Theywere fed by the parents 8for some time after theird^but, and most of thetime were kept well up inthe thick branches of a live pinetree, where we could hear butcould not see 730. Pygmy Nuthatch. Both birds worked busily carrying feathers 348 LAND BIBDS 733. PLAIN TITMOUSE. — Bceolophus inornatus. Family : The Nuthatches and Tits. Length: Adults: Upper parts olive-gray, becoming lighter and grayer on under parts ; belly nearly : Upper parts tinged with rusty brown ; under parts Distribution: Pacific coast west of the Sierra Nevada, through California and Breeding Range: Oak regions of upper Sonoran zone west of the Sierra Season: March and : In natural cavities of dead trees, or sometimes in old woodpeckers holes ; lined with rabbit fur or : 6 or 8 ; plain white. Size X The tufted titmouse of the Eastern United States findsits California co
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