. Birds of California; an introduction to more than three hundred common birds of the state and adjacent islands . test againstyour intrusion. His songi^i^^ 4^^^^ ^^^^^ has somewhat of a thrush- (^l^ like quality, but is more varied, possessing a vigor and enthusiasm not found in thatof the more quiet singer. His nest is hidden in, or under, one of the/ stunted bushes with which the rocky groundP^ s,y is covered, and, brooding there day after day,^^^ d his olive mate is safe in her protective coloring.Newly hatched Towhees are the same nakednestlings, whether cuddled in a chaparral-/Y^ shelter
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. Birds of California; an introduction to more than three hundred common birds of the state and adjacent islands . test againstyour intrusion. His songi^i^^ 4^^^^ ^^^^^ has somewhat of a thrush- (^l^ like quality, but is more varied, possessing a vigor and enthusiasm not found in thatof the more quiet singer. His nest is hidden in, or under, one of the/ stunted bushes with which the rocky groundP^ s,y is covered, and, brooding there day after day,^^^ d his olive mate is safe in her protective coloring.Newly hatched Towhees are the same nakednestlings, whether cuddled in a chaparral-/Y^ sheltered nest of the mountains or rocked ina garden rosebush ; dark bluish gray in color,with yellow bills, they are covered with a thinwhitish dow^n. They feather rapidly, and leave 592.1. Green- i^q ^q^i when from ten to twelve davsTAILED Towhee. old, those of the warmer localities ma- A manner distinctly hisoivn: turing somewhat sooner than those born on the edge of the Boreal zone. They follow the adultsfor several weeks, learning to jump forward and kickout backw^ard, in scratching for their food, just as the.