PERCHING BIRDS 



567. SLATE-COLORED JUNCO. Junco hyema- 

 Us hyemalis. 



Range. North America east of the Plains, 



breeding in the northern tier of states and 



northward; winters in southern United States. 



This species is slaty gray 



on the head, neck, breast, 



flanks, back, wings and cen- 

 tral tail feathers; the rest of 



the underparts are white, 



sharply defined against the 



gray. They migrate through 



the United States in large 

 flocks, usually accompanied by White-throated 

 or Fox Sparrows. They breed very abundantly 

 in the northern parts of their range, frequently 

 in the immediate vicinity of houses but gen- 

 erally on the edges of clearings, etc., placing 

 their nests on the ground and generally par- 

 tially concealed by rocks, stumps, sods or logs; 

 the nests are made of grasses, lined with hair, 

 and the four or five eggs are white or greenish 

 white, variously speckled with reddish brown 

 either over the entire surface or in a wreath about the large end. Size .80 x .55. 



White 



Junco hyemalis oreganus. 

 from California to Alaska, 



breeding north of the 



f>67a. OREGON JUNCO. 



Range. Pacific coast 

 United States. 



This sub-species is entirely unlike the preceding, having a black head, neck, 

 throat, breast, wings and tail, and brown back; the remainder of the underparts 

 are white, washed with pinkish brown on the sides. The habits and nesting 

 habits of this western Junco are the same as those of the eastern, the birds 

 building in similar localities and making the nests of the same material. There 

 appears to be little, if any, difference between the eggs of the two varieties. 



/>67b. SHUFELDT'S JUNCO. Junco hyemalis counectens. 



Range. Pacific coast breeding from Oregon to British 

 Columbia and wintering south to the Mexican boundary. 



Said to be slightly larger and duller colored than the 

 Oregon Junco; eggs the same. 



567c. THURBER'S JUNCO. Junco hyemalis thurberi. 



Range. The Sierra Nevadas from Oregon to southern 

 California. 



Similar to oreganus but paler and back more pinkish; 

 eggs will not differ. 



567d. POINT PINOS JUNCO. Junco hyemalis pinosus. 



Range. A very locally confined variety breeding in pine 

 woods of southwestern California, about Monterey and 

 Santa Cruz. 



Similar to tnurberi with the head and neck slaty instead 

 of black. 



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