Painted

1911

Published

1931

Volume

7

Plate

458

Black Phoebe

Sayornis nigricans

This staid, quiet bicolored little Flycatcher seems to accept civilization or the wild with equal indifference. The call is a single liquid note heard in the center of a town or in remote mountain canyons.

BREEDING

Similar to the Say Phoebe.

RANGE

Pacific coast region from southern Oregon to Cape San Lucas, Lower California.

California Walnut

Juglans californica

A tree up to 50 feet high, distributed in coast region of California, from Sacramento River, southward.

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