Painted

Unknown

Published

1930

Volume

10

Plate

588-588a

Arctic Towhee

Pipilo maculatus arcticus

ARCTIC TOWHEES do not differ materially in habits from eastern birds except that they are shyer and less inclined to show themselves. If watched while singing they leave their perch and disappear in the underbrush, showing little of the vanity of other impressarios!

BREEDING

Similar to Towhee.

RANGE

From southern Alberta and Forks of Saskatchewan, to eastern Colorado, to southern Texas. Casual to Illinois and Wisconsin.

Spur Towhee

Pipilo maculatus montanus

BREEDING

Similar to Arctic Towhee.

RANGE

From British Columbia and eastern California, east to Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico and western Texas.

California Buckeye

Aesculus californica

A tree up to 40 feet high, distributed on borders of streams, from Sacramento River Valley, California, southward to northern slopes of Tejon Pass.

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