Western Bird Guide: Birds of the Rockies and West to the Pacific

by Charles K. Reed

BEAUTIFUL BUNTING.

600a. Passerina versicolor pulchra. 5½ inches.

These are the most varied in color markings of any of our North American birds, having bright colors. Found in southern and Lower California, Arizona and into Mexico. Like the above they are to be found in thickets and hedges, where they build their nests within a few feet of the ground.