Perching Birds Marked With Blue 



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599. Lazuli Bunting (Cyanospi^a amcena). L. 5.5. 

 Ad. (3\ 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 w\th whitish', above grayish brown 

 with generally a blue tinge, strongest on rump and 

 leaser wing-coverts; below whitish, breast buff. Yng. 

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

 of the Indigo Bunting. 



Range. 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. J*. 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 (Oyanospi^a 

 ciris). L. 5.4. Ad. tf. 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. (f 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 

 ccerulescens}. L. 5.2. A white patch or spot at base of 

 primaries. Ad. <j\ Throat and sides black; belly 

 white; above dark grayish blue; outer tail-feathers 

 with white. Ad. 9- 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. tf. Like Ad. tf, 

 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 cf darker, the back with more or less 

 black; 9 darker and duller. 



Range. Breeds in higher portions of southern Alleghenies; winters 

 south of United States, 



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