Perching Birds Marked With Yellow or Orange 



659. Chestnut-sided Warbler (Dendroica pensyl- 

 ranica). L. 5. Ad. $. Sides chestnut, crown yel- 

 low; back streaked black and greenish yellow; cheek- 

 patch and sides of throat black. Ad. $. Crown dull- 

 er; chestnut and black reduced. Yng. Above bright 

 yellow-green, back with or without black spots; be- 

 low grayish white, sides sometimes with traces of 

 chestnut; wing-bars yellowish white. Notes. Song, 

 resembles that of Yellow Warbler. (See page 197.) 



Range. — Eastern North America; breeds from northe-n New Jersey 

 and Centra! Illinois nonh to Newfoundland and Manitoba (and south 

 In the Alleghenies to South Carolina); winters in Central America. 



604. Dickcissel (Spi\\i americana). L. 6.2. Ad. 



cj\ Breast, bend of wing, ane over eye and at side of 

 throat yellow; throat-patch black; lesser wing-coverts 

 reddish chestnut; no white in tail. Ad. 9. Less 

 yellow and chestnut, no black on throat. Notes. 

 Song, an earnest, but unmusical dick, dick,che-che-che, 



die. 



Range. — Middle United States east of the Rockies, west of Alle- 

 ghenies, breeds from Alabama and Texas to Minnesota; casual In 

 Atlantic States; winters in Central and northern South America. 



6 18. Bohemian Waxwing (Ampelis garrulus). L. 

 8. Crested. Ads. Brownish gray; under tail-coverts, 

 fore-crown and sides of throat chestnut-rufous; throat 

 and eye-stripe black; wing-quills and primary coverts 

 tipped with white or yellow; secondaries usually with 

 red tips; tail tipped with yellow. 



Range. — Northern parts of northern hemisphere; breeds In far 

 north; winters south irregularly to northern United States, casually 

 to Pennsylvania, Illinois, Kansas, and northern California 



619. Cedar Waxwing {Ampelis cedrorum). L. 7. 

 Crested. Ads. Grayish brown; belly yellowish; un- 

 der tail-coverts white; no white tips on wing-quills; 

 secondaries with red tips; tail tipped with yellow and 

 rarely with red tips. Notes. A fine, lisping note; a 

 string of notes usually uttered when taking flight. 



Range. — North America: breeds from Virginia and the highlands of 

 South Carolina, Kansas, and Oregon, north to Labrador and southern 

 Alaska (?); winters from northern United States to Central America. 



628. Yellow-throated Vireo {Vireo flaoifrons) . L. 



5.5. Ads. Throat and breast bright yellow, belly 

 white; above bright olive-green, rump gray; two white 

 wing-bars. Notes. Call, a scolding cock; song like 

 Red-eye's but richer, more deliberate, see me; Vm here; 

 where are you? in varying forms; also a mellow trill. 



Range. — Eastern United States; breeds from Florida and Texas to 

 Newfoundland and Manitoba; winters in tropics. 



683. Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteriavirens). L. 7.5; 

 T. 3.07. Ads. Throat and breast bright yellow; low- 

 er belly white; above olive-green; line over eye and at 

 side of throat white. Notes. Call, a gasping, mew- 

 ing kee-yuck and chut, chut; song, of whistles, caws and 

 chucks, sometimes uttered in flight. 



Range. — Eastern United States; breeds from northeastern Mexico 

 (but not in Florida?) north to South Dakota, southern Minnesota, and 

 Massachusetts (locally) ; winters In Mexico and Central America. 



683a. Long-tailed Chat (/. v. longicauda). Simi- 

 lar to No. 683, but grayer above; tail slightly longer. 



Range.— Western United States, east to Plains; breeds from Mexico 

 north to North Dakota and British Columbia; winters in Mexico. 



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