Perching Birds Marked With Red 



750. Dusky Kinglet (Regulus obscurus). Similar to 

 No. 749, but above sooty olive. Ad. tf. With crown- 

 patch pinkish or purplish vermilion-red. (Ridgw.) 

 (See page 176.) 



Range. — Guadalupe Island, Lower California. 



— European Goldfinch (Cardnelis carduelis) , L. 5.50. 

 Feathers at base of bill red; crown and neck-stripe 

 black; back brownish; wings with a yellow band; 

 inner webs of tail-feathers tipped with white; below 

 white tinged with brownish. Notes. Call, twit] song, 

 'sweet and varied." (See page 176.) 



Range. — Introduced In this country near Hoboken, N. J., in 1878; 

 now not uncommon near New York City. 



443. Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Muscivora forfica- 

 t ta). L. 14.5. Ad. <j\ Above gray, back washed 

 with red or yellow; crown-patch red. Ad. ?. Similar, 

 but tail shorter, red less bright, back grayer. Notes. 

 Loud, harsh, chattering notes uttered on the wing. 



Range. — Central America and Mexico: breeds through Texas north 

 to southern Kansas and western Louisiana, and winters south to Cen- 

 tral America: accidental in Florida and as far north as Connecticut 

 and Hudson Bay. 



47 1. Vermilion Flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubineus 

 mexicanus). L. 6. Ad. rj\ Crown and underparts 

 red; back grayish brown. Ad. 9- Above brownish, 

 below white, breast streaked with dusky, belly red or 

 yellow. Yng. <$. Similar to $ but spotted with red 

 below and on crown. Notes. A shrill ^i-bree, qi-bree, 

 uttered while the bird hovers twenty or thirty feet up 

 in the air. (Bendire.) 



Range.— Central America and Mexico, breeding north to southern 

 Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, southwestern Utah (rarely) :" winter vis- 

 itant to southern California." (Grinnell.) 



688. Painted Redstart (Sc-top/ni^a picta). L. 5.4. 

 Ads. Black; center of breast and belly deep red, patch 

 in wings and outer tail-feathers white. 



Range — Mexicai > lateau north to southwest New Mexico and Arizona , 



690. Red-faced Warbler (Cardellina rubrifrons). 



L. 5.2. Ads. Forehead, face, throat and sides of neck- 

 red, crown and ear-coverts black, nape band and rump 

 whitish; back gray; no white in wings or tail. Notes. 

 A prolonged, very clear, whistled song. (Scott.) 



Range. — From Guatemala north over the Mexican Plateau to south- 

 ern Arizona and western New Mexico. 



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