Perching Birds Marked With Blue. 



599. Lazuli Bunting {Cyanospi^a amoena). L. 5.5. 

 Ad. tf. Two white wing-bars; breast cinnamon, 

 throat and upperparts light blue; back blacker. In 

 winter more or less tipped w'th rusty. Ad. 9. Middle 

 wing-coverts tipped with whitish', above grayish brown 

 with generally a blue tinge, strongest on rump and 

 le-ser wing-coverts; below whitish, breast buff. Yng. 

 Like 9, but browner, no blue. Notes. Suggest those 

 of the Indigo Bunting. 



R^nge. — Western United States, east to western Kansas; breeds 

 north to Montana and British Columbia; winters in Mexico. 



600. Varied Bunting {Cyanospi^a versicolor). L. 

 5.5. Ad. tf. Reddish purple, crown and rump blue, 

 nape red. Ad. 9- Above brownish gray; below 

 whitish washed with buff; a slight tinge of blue on 

 rump, wings and tail. Much like 9 of No. 598, but 

 less brown above and no streaks below. Yng. Re- 

 semble 9- 



Range. — Mexico; breeding north to southern Texas and southern- 

 Arizona; winters south of United States. 



600a. Beautiful Bunting (C. v. pulchra). Similar to 

 No. 600, but slightly smaller, rump more purple, 

 throat with less red. 



Range. — Southern Lower California. 



601. Painted Bunting; Nonpareil (Cyanospi^a 

 ciris). L. 5.4. Ad. J\ Below red, rump duller, 

 back green, head dark blue. Ad. 9- Bright, shining 

 olive-green above; greenish yellow below. Yng. tf. 

 Like 9 ; second year variously intermediate between 

 Ad. c? and 9' Notes. Resemble those of the Indigo 

 Bunting but possess less volume. 



Range. — Southern United States; breeds north to North Carolina,, 

 southern Illinois, and Kansas, and west to southern Arizona; win- 

 ters in Mexico and Central America. 



654. Black-throated Blue Warbler (Dendroica 

 c^vrutescens). L. 5.2. A white patch or spot at base of 

 primaries. Ad. tf. Throat and sides black; belly 

 white; above dark grayish blue; outer tail-feathers 

 with white. Ad. ?. Grayish olive-green; below 

 yellowish white; a narrow white line over eye; white 

 wing-patch small, sometimes barely showing above 

 coverts; tail with a bluish tinge. Yng. r^. Like Ad. rjf, 

 but greenish above; black areas smaller and tipped 

 with whitish. Notes. Call, a sharp, characteristic 

 chip; song, usually, %wee-%wee-$wee in an ascending 

 scale. 



Range. — Eastern North America; breeds from northern Connecticut, 

 mountains of Pennsylvania, southern Michigan, and northern Min- 

 nesota, north to Labrador and Hudson Bay region; winters in Central 

 and South America. 



654a. Cairns Warbler (D. c. cairnsi). Similar to 

 No. 654, but c? darker, the back with more or less 

 black; 9 darker and duller. 



Range. — Breeds in higher portions of southern Alleghenles; winters 

 south of United States, 



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