i88 PASSERES : Perching Birds 



ARIZONA JUNCO 



(570. Junco phaeonotus palliatus) 6| in. 



Head and neck dark gray above and on sides; lighter below, 

 whitening on belly; back rufous; wing- coverts and tertials 

 rufous-edged. Bill dusky above, yellowish below. 



In nesting-season has a pleasing song, delivered usually from 

 the top of a small pine. 



GRAY-HEADED JUNCO 



(570b. Junco phaeonotus caniceps) 6| in. 



Ashy gray, with rufous back and white belly; lores black 

 (visible only at close range) . Bill wholly blackish. 



RED-BACKED JUNCO 



(570a. Junco phaeonotus dorsalis) 6| in. 

 A geographic race of the Arizona Junco, from which it differs 

 in having no rufous edgings on wings. 



DESERT SPARROW 



(573a. Amphispiza bilineata deserticola) 5 in. 



Sides of head striped dark gray and white; large black throat- 

 patch; crown and back gray-brown; below white; outer tail- 

 feather edged and tipped with white. 



An attractive and characteristic bird of desert wastes. 



BELL SPARROW 



(574. Amphispiza belli) 5f in. 



Black breast-spot; sides of throat black-striped; otherwise white 

 below; eye-ring and spot before eye, white; upper parts brown- 

 gray, becoming gray on head. 



Not always easily identified in the field in winter, when Sage 

 Sparrows may be present. 



