Varied Thrush—About size of robin; similar to robin generally, but with black breast band; rusty brown line over each eye; breast not so reddish; call, a mournful whistle.
Varied Thrush
Pipit or American Tit-lark—Sparrow size; upper parts grayish brown, somewhat streaked; under parts buff, breast with indefinite black collar. After lighting tetters up and down. Has a soft dee-dee in flight.
Western Gnatcatcher—Smaller than sparrow; upper parts bluish gray; under parts grayish white; outer tail feathers white.
Parkman Wren—Smaller than sparrow; upper parts brown; all but head streaked with dusky lines; under parts buffy; tail held pertly in the air.
Tule Wren—Smaller than sparrow; crown and forehead black; forehead streaked; white streak over eye; rump brown; under parts brownish white; outer tail feathers dark.
Northwestern Vigor's Wren—Smaller than sparrow; similar to Parkman Wren, but with a white line over the eye.
California Thrasher—Larger than robin; upper parts grayish brown; abdomen buff; breast gray; white throat; long curved bill.
Coast Wren-tit—Little larger than English sparrow; upper parts brownish, under parts pinkish, streaked with gray; sides and back dark.
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