Perching Birds Chiefly Dull Colored 



646. 



463. Yellow-bellied Flycatcher {Empidonax fiavi- 

 ventris). L. 5 6. Ads. Below distinctly greenish 

 yellow, belly brighter; above bright olive-green. Yng. 

 Brighter, wing-bars buffy. Notes. Pse-ek in one harsh 

 explosive syllable; a plaintive chu-e-e-p. (Dwight.) 



Range. Eastern North America, west to the Plains; breeds from 

 northern New England (south in Alleghanies to Pennsylvania), 

 northern N t w York, and Minnesota, north to Labrador and Northwest 

 Territories; winters in Central America. 



464. Western Flycatcher (Empidonax di/jhilis). 

 Similar to No. 463, but brighter yellow below,' breast 

 washed with brownish instead of greenish; above 

 yellower. Notes. A soft low note, and a wailing pee-eu. 

 (C. A. Allen.) 



Range. — Western North America; east to about Long. ioo° ; breeds 

 from Mexican border north to southern Alaska; winters in Mexico and 

 Central America. 



464.1. St. Lucas Flycatcher (Empidonax cineritius). 



Most like No. 464, but much duller; scarcely a tinge of 

 green above; no decided yellow below except on throat 

 and abdomen. (Brewster.) 



Range. — Lower California, from Cape Region north, rarely, to 

 southern California. 



464.2. Santa Barbara Flycatcher {Empidonax insul- 



icola). Similar to No. 464, but above darker and 

 browner; below paler. (Oberholser.) 



Range. — Santa Barbara Islands, California. 



465. Green-crested Flycatcher (Empidonax vires- 

 cens). L. 5.7. Ads. Throat and belly white, breast 

 grayish; sides, breast and sometimes belly, washed 

 with sulphur; back olive-green, a tint lighter than in 

 No. 463; lower mandible whitish; wing-bars buffy. 



Notes. Spee or peet and pee-e-vuk. 



Range.— Eastern United States, west to the Plains; breeds from the 

 Gulf States to southern Connecticut and Manitoba; winters in Central 

 America. 



646. Orange-crowned Warbler (Helminthophila ce- 

 lata). L. 5. No white in wings or tail. Ad. rj\ 

 Above olive-green more or less washed with grayish; 

 a concealed, reddish orange crown-patch; below dusky 

 yellowish green. Ad. ?. Similar, but grayer, crown- 

 patch smaller or wanting. Yng. Like $ , but no 

 crown-patch. Notes. Song full and strong, not very 

 high pitched and ending abruptly on a rising scale, 

 chee, chee, chee, chw', chw'. (Jones.) 



R nge. — Interior of North America, breeding from Manitoba and 

 mountains of New Mexico to Alaska; winters in Gulf States and 

 southward; rare in Atlantic states north of South Carolina. 



646a. Lutescent Warbler (H. c. lutescens). Simi- 

 lar to No. 646, but greener above, yellower below; un- 

 derpays distinctly yellow with a dusky wash. 



Range. — Pacific coast; breeding in mountains from southern Cal- 

 ifornia to Kenai Peninsula. Alaska; winters from California south 

 into Mexico: east to Colorado In migrations. 



646b. Dusky Warbler {H. c. sordida). Similar to 

 No. 646a, but decidedly darker, bill and feet larger, 

 wing shorter and tail longer. ( Ridgw 1 



Range. — Breeds in Santa Barbara Islands, California; later occurs 

 on adjoining mainland. 



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