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Title: The birds of Washington; a complete, scientific and popular account of the 372 species of birds found in the state
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Dawson, William Leon, 1873- Bowles, John Hooper Brooks, Allan, 1869-1946
Subjects: Birds
Publisher: Seattle : The Occidental Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries

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on throat and abdomen, tinged with yellowish green onhind-neck, clearing to light yellow on axillars and under wing-coverts; a smallclear white patch at base of inner primaries; white blotches on tips of uppertail-coverts and inner webs of tail-feathers in varying proportions. Length about8.00 (203.2) ; wing 4.39 (111.5) ! tau 242 (61-4); bill .82 (20.8) ; depth at base.62 ( 15.9) ; tarsus. 81 (20.3). Female very slightly smaller. Recognition Marks.—Chewink size; olive-brown coloration with black andwhite in masses on wings; large, conical beak distinctive; high-pitched call note. Nesting.—Has not yet been found breeding in Washington but undoubtedlydoes so. Nest (as reported from New Mexico): principally composed of finerootlets with some LTsnea moss and a few sticks, settled upon horizontal branchesof pine or fir, near tip, and at considerable heights; in loose colonies. Eggs: 4,in color, size, form, and texture indistinguishable from those of the Red-wingedBlackbird (Birtwell).
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:0? THE WESTERN EVENING GROSBEAK. 69 General Range.—Western United States and Northern Mexico; east to andincluding Rocky Mountains; north to British Columbia. Range in Washington.—Co-extensive with evergreen timber and appearingirregularly elsewhere. Resident within State but roving locally. Winters regu-larly in parks of the larger cities. Authorities.—? Fringilla vespertine Townsend, Journ. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila.VIII. 1839, 154 (Columbia R.). Hesperiphona vespertina Baird, Rep. Pac. R. R.Surv. IX. 1858, 409. T. C&S. Ra. Kk. B. E. Specimens.—U. of W. P1. Prov. B. E. SPARROWS are also called Cone-bills; it is, therefore, fair that the birdwith the biggest cone should take precedence in a family history. But for thisprimacy there are damaging limitations. The Grosbeak is neither the mostbeautiful nor the most tuneful of the Fringilliche, if he is by common consentrated the oddest. His garb is a patchwork; his song a series of shrieks; hismotions eccentric; his humor phlegmat

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