Perching Birds Chiefly Dull Colored 



749. Ruby-crowned Kinglet {Regulus calendula). 

 L. 4.4. A conspicuous whitish eye-ring. Ad. rj\ A 

 more or less concealed crown-patch; back olive-green; 

 underparts soiled whitish more or less tinged with 

 buffy; two white wing-bars. Ad. V and Yng. (Here 

 figured.) Similar, but no crown-patch. 



Range. — Norlh America; breeds from the northern border of the 

 United States northward, and south in the Rocky Mountains to Arizo- 

 na, and In the Sierra Nevada of California; winters from south Caro- 

 lina and Oregon southward to Central America. 



749a. Sitkan Kinglet (/?. c. grinnelli) . Similar to 

 No. 749, but more olive-green above; more buffy below. 



Range. — Pacific coast; breeds in southern Alaska; winters south- 

 ward to California. 



470a. Buff-breasted Flycatcher (Empidonax fulvi- 

 frons pygmcens). L. 4.7. Ads. Below rusty buff; 

 above grayish brown. 



Range. — Western Mexico; north in spring to southwestern New 

 Mexico and Arizona. 



586. Texas Sparrow (Arremonops nifivirgata). L. 

 6.5. Ads. Above olive-green, sides of crown brown- 

 ish, its center grayish; below whitish; bend of wing 

 yellow. Notes. Song resembles that of the Chipping 

 Sparrow but with somewhat of the sweetness and 

 modulation of that of the Yellow Warbler. 



Range.— Eastern Mexico, north to southeastern Texas; casually to 

 Louisiana. 



638. Swainson Warbler (Helinaiaswainsonii). L. 5. 

 Bill large; no white in wings or tail. Ads. Crown 

 brown, back, wings and tail olive-brown; a whitish 

 line over eye; below whitish tinged with yellow. 

 Notes. Song, "a series of clear, ringing whistles, the 

 first four uttered rather slowly and in the same key, 

 the remaining five or six given more rapidly and in an 

 evenly descending scale." (Brewster.) 



Range. — Southeastern United States; breeds from Gulf States 

 north to southeastern Virginia, southern Indiana and southern Mis- 

 souri. 



639. Worm-eating Warbler {Helmitheros vermi- 

 vorus). L. 5.5. Bill large; no white in wings or tail 

 Ads. Crown black with three buff stripes; back, 

 wings and tail olive-green; below buffy white deeper on 

 breast. _ Yng, Buff everywhere richer. Notes. Call, 

 a sharp 'chip; song, resembles that of Chipping Spar- 

 row but is somewhat weaker. 



Range. — Eastern United States; breeds north to southern Connect- 

 icut, southern Illinois and southern Wisconsin; winters south of 

 United States. 



742. Pallid Wren-tit (Chamcra fasciata). L. 6.7; 

 T. 3.4. Outer tail-feathers shortest. Ads. Above 

 brownish gray; below buffy obscurely streaked with 

 gray. Notes. Song wooden and unmusical, beginning 

 deliberately and ending in a roll, chick: chirk; chick, 

 ch ick -ch ick - ch ick-ch ick -ch ick -ch ick . 



Range. — "Interior of California, Including the western slope of the 

 Sierra Nevada, from the head of the Sacramento Valley south to 

 northern Lower California." (A. O. U.) 



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