SPECIAL BIRDS OF N. Y., PA., AND N. J. 97 



Birds Found Only in N. Y., Pa., or N. J. 



Nos. 264-274. 



264. WHITE-RUMPED SHRIKE 



Leaden-gray White. 



Sj4' Stripe across forehead, continuous with broad bar 



on side of face, black ; shoulders and upper tail-coverts, 



whitish ; wings and tail, black, white-marked ; below, sides 



shaded with gray, but no vermicular marking. 



Only in Ad'r'ks, where it is not uncommon ; habits, same as of 

 other shrikes ; permanent, 



265. WILLOW PTARMIGAN. 



(Summer) Chestnut, variegated. 

 (Winter) White, black White. 



15. Summer, fore-parts, chestnut, barred above and on 

 sides with blackish, tawny, and white; most of wings, and 

 below (except breast and sides), white ; legs, feathered to 

 claws ; in winter, white throughout ; tail, black, white- 

 tipped ; middle pair of tail-feathers, white. 

 Only in Ad'r'ks, and rare ; permanent. 



266. WESTERN SHORE LARK. 



7. Coloration much as in shore lark (201), but very 

 pale ; black markings restricted. 

 A western species, breeding locally in W. Pa., and, it is said, in 



267. EVENING GROSBEAK. 



Yellowish, black, white. 



7/4-S}4. Forehead, superciliary line, shoulders and rump, 



yellow; crown, tail, and upper tail-coverts, black; body, 



olivaceous - yellow, becoming bright yellow posteriorly ; 



wings, black and white, their under-side black and yellow; 



? , brownish-ash, paler below, irreg. mixed with yellow. 



A western species, since 1890 locally permanent in Pa., N, Y., and 

 N. J. 



