Perching- Birds Chiefly Gray, Black, or Black and White 



5 73. Black-throated Sparrow (Amphispi^a biline- 

 ata). L. 5.3. Ads. Throat, upper breast, and front 

 of face black; a white stripe over eye and another at 

 the side of the throat; above grayish brown unstreaked; 

 outer web of outer tail-feather white, except at tip; at 

 least half an inch of tip of inner web white. Notes. 

 Song, simple but sweet, three ascending and three 

 descending notes. 



Range. — Middle and eastern Texas (except along coast?), north to 

 Oklahoma and western Kansas; winters from central Texas south into 

 northeastern Mexico. 



573a. Desert Sparrow {A. b. deserticola) . Similar 

 to No. 573, but above grayer, the white tip to outer 

 tail-feather less than half an inch long. 



Range. — Western United States and northern Mexico, from western 

 Texas to southeastern California; breeds north to southern Colorado, 

 and western Nevada; winters south into Mexico. 



602. Morellet Seed-eater (Sporophila morelleti). 

 L. 4.6. Ad. rf. Entire upperparts, cheeks, tail, 

 wings and breast-band black; bases of wing-feathers, 

 tips to coverts and underparts, except breast-band, 

 whitish. Ad. $. Above grayish brown, below uni- 

 form buffy. Yng. cf. Variously intermediate be- 

 tween Ad. c? and Ad. tf. At least two years evident- 

 ly required to reach mature plumage. 



Range.— Eastern Mexico, north to southeastern Texas. 



636. Black and White Warbler (Mniotilta varia). 

 L. 5.3. Ad. c?\ Above streaked black and white; 

 throat black or white; belly white; sides streaked 

 black and white. Ad. $. Less black; whiter below; 

 throat always white. Notes. Song, a thin, wiry, 

 see-see-see-see. 



Range. — Eastern North America; breeds from Virginia, Louisiana, 

 and northern Texas, north to Hudson Bay region; winters from Gulf 

 States south to northern South America; accidental in California. 



66 1. Black-poll Warbler {Dendroica striata). L. 

 5.6. Ad. o 7 *. Crown black, cheeks white; back streaked, 

 gray and black; below white streaked with black; 

 wing-bars and tail-spots white. Ad. ?. No black 

 cap; above olive-green streaked with black. Yng. and 

 Ad. in winter. Above olive-green lightly streaked with 

 black; below yellowish white; breast obscurely streaked. 

 Notes. Song, a slender, wiry tree-tree-tree-tree-tree-tree- 

 tree-tree, rapidly uttered. (Lnngille.) 



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

 northern New England, northern New York, northern Michigan, and 

 Colorado, north to Labrador and Alaska; winters in West Indies and 

 northern South America. 



665. Black-throated Gray Warbler {Dendroica nig- 

 rescens). L. 5. Ad. rf. Crown, cheeks and throat 

 black, a white stripe at sides of throat, a yellow line 

 before eye; back gray streaked with black; wing-bars 

 and tail-patches white. Ad. ?. Similar, but crown 

 not always wholly black. Yng. Above washed with 

 brownish, black areas tipped with white. Notes. 

 Song, 7ee-ee-$ee-ee, $e, %e, $e, with the quality of the 

 song of Dendroica wens or D. ccvrulescens. 



Range.— Western United States; breeds in mountains from Arizona 

 and northern Lower California, north to Colorado and Vancouver 

 Island: winters in Mexico. 



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