Painted

1912

Published

1930

Volume

10

Plate

581a-581b-581c

Desert Song Sparrow

Melospiza melodia fallax

BREEDING

RANGE

Southern Nevada, southwestern Utah to southeastern California and southeastern Arizona.

Mountain Song Sparrow

Melospiza melodia montana

BREEDING

RANGE

Eastern Oregon, southern Idaho and Montana to central eastern California and northern New Mexico.

Heermann Song Sparrow

Melospiza melodia heermanni

BREEDING

RANGE

San Joaquin, Sacramento and central California vallies.

Shining Willow

Salix lucida

A tree up to 25 feet high, distributed in moist locations from Newfoundland to Hudson Bay, northwesterly to Mackenzie River Valley and eastern base of Rocky Mountains; south to southern Pennsylvania and west to eastern Nebraska.

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