Perching Birds Marked With Chestnut or Reddish Brown. 



457. Say Phoebe [Savornis soya). L. 7.5. Ads. 

 Breast rusty gray changing to rusty on belly; above 

 gray with a brown tinge; tail black. Notes. A plaintive 

 phee-eur, a short, plaintive, twittering warble. (Bendire.) 



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

 from southwestern Texas, southern California, north to the Yukon, 

 Alaska; winters in Mexico; accidental in Wisconsin, Illinois, and 

 Massachusetts. 



591. Canon Towhee {Pipilo fuscus mesoleucus). L. 

 9.; W. 3. 7. Ads. Crown cinnamon-brown; back 

 brownish gray; throat buffy bordered by blackish 

 spots; lower belly and under tail-coverts cinnamon. 

 Notes. Calls, a loud, metallic chip repeated four times; 

 in flight a robin-like screep-eep-eep. 



Range. — Northern Mexico north to western Texas, Arkansas Valley, 

 Colorado, and Arizona; resident. 



591a. St. Lucas Towhee (P. f. albigula). W. 3. 3. 

 Similar to No. 591, but smaller; abdomen whiter, with- 

 out cinnamon. 



Range — Southern Lower California. 



591b. California Towhee {P. f. crissalis) W. 3. 9. 

 Similar to No. 591, but much browner above; throat 

 and under tail-coverts rusty brown; breast brownish 

 gray; scarcely lighter on the belly. 



Range. — California, west of the Sierra. 



59 Ic. Anthony Towhee (P.f. senicula). W. 3. 7. 

 Similar to No. 591b, but smaller and grayer, the abdomen 

 whiter. 



Range. — Northern Lower California north to southern California. 



592. Abert Towhee {Pipilo aberti). L. 9. Ads. 

 No crown-cap; lores and chin blackish; below pinkish 

 cinnamon; above grayish brown. Notes. Call, aloud, 

 clear, sharp chirp. Song, resembling that of the Spurr- 

 ed Towhee group. (B. B. and R.) 



Range.— Southern California, Arizona, and northwestern New 

 Mexico, north to southern Nevada and southwestern Utah. 



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