PERCHING BIRDS 



688. Painted Redstart. Setophaga picta. 



Range. — Southern New Mexico 

 and Arizona, soutliward. 



This beautiful Redstart is black 

 with a large white patch on the 

 wing coverts, white outer tail 

 White feathers, and with the belly and 

 middle of the breast bright red. 

 These active birds, which have all the habits and 

 mannerisms of the common species, nest on the 

 ground in thickets or shrubbery usually near 

 water, and generally conceal their homes under 

 overhanging stones or stumps; the nests are 

 made of fine shreds of bark and grasses, lined 

 with hair; the eggs are white, dotted with red- 

 dish brown; size .65 x .48. Data. — Chiricahua 

 Mts., Arizona, May 31, 1900. Nest of fine bark 

 and grass under a small bush on the ground. 



689. Red-bellied Redstart. Setophaga 

 miyiiata. 



Range. — Mexico; admitted to our avifauna on 

 the authority of Giraud as having occurred in 

 Texas. 



This species is similar to the last, but has a 

 chestnut crown patch, more red on the under- 

 parts, and less white on the tail; it is not prob- 

 able that their nesting habits or eggs differ from 

 tlie last. 



f).Q(). Red-faced Warbler. VardcUina 



ruhrifrons. 



Arizona and New Mexico, 



Range.— Southern 

 southward. 



This attractive little Warbler is quite common in mountain 

 ranges of the southern Arizona. They nest on the ground on the 

 side hills, concealing the slight structure of grasses and root- 

 lets under overhanging shrubs or stones. Their eggs are speck- 

 ed and blotched with light reddish brown and lavender. Size 

 .64 X .48. Data. — Chiricahua Mts., Arizona, May 31, 1902. Nest 

 in a depression under a tuft of grass growing about 8 feet up on 

 the side of a bank. 



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