Perching Birds Marked With Yellow or Orange 





696. Siberian Yellow Wagtail (Budytes flaws leu- 

 costriatus}. L. 6.5. Ad. tf. Crown bluish slate, a 

 white line over eye; back olive-green; below yellow; 

 wing-bars yellowish; outer tail-feathers largely white. 

 Ad. 9. Similar, but duller, head and wing-bars 

 browner. Notes. Call, a sharp, ple-ple-ple-, song, a 

 low, clear, medley of jingling notes uttered on the 

 wing. (Nelson.) (See page 191.) 



Range. China, Eastern Siberia, and Bering Sea portion of eastern 

 Alaska. 



529. American Goldfinch (Astragalinus tristis}. 

 L. 5.1; W. 2.8. Ad. cf . Yellow, cap, wings and tail 

 black; wing-coverts, secondaries and inner margins of 

 tail-feathers tipped with white. Ad. 9 , Above gray- 

 ish olive-brown; below buffy whitish; throat yellowish; 

 wings and tail duller than in male; white tips to 

 tail not distinct. Yng. $ and Ad. <$ in winter. Simi- 

 lar to 9 but wings and tail black; white markings 

 grayer than in summer. Notes. Calls, when perch- 

 ing, hear me, hear me, dearie, soft and sweet, when fly- 



ing, per-chic-o-ree; per-chic-o-ree\ song, sweet, rapid, 

 varied and canary-like. 



Range. Eastern North America west to the Rockies; breeds from 



Virginia and Missouri north to Labrador and Manitoba; winters from 

 northern United States to the Gulf States. 



529a. Western Goldfinch (A. t.pallidus). Similar 

 to No. 529, but larger, W. 3.05. Ad. <j*, in summer, 

 similar in color to No. 529. ? and tf, in winter. 

 Much paler, the white areas greater in extent. 



Range. Rocky Mountain region from northern Mexico north to 

 British Columbia. 



529b. California Goldfinch (A. t. salicamans}. 

 Similar to No. 529, but wings and tail shorter and 

 color darker. Ad. $ in summer. With back always 

 (?) tinged with pale olive-green; in winter darker than 

 No. 529, but with white areas as large as in 5293. 

 (Ridgw.) 



Range. California, west of the Sierra, south to Lower California, 

 north to Washington. 



530. Arkansas Goldfinch (Astragalinus psaltria). 

 L. 4.1. Ad. <j\ Cap, wings, and tail black, most of 

 primaries and tail white basally; back and cheeks olive- 

 green, often marked with black; below yellow Ad. $. 

 No black cap; above olive-green; below dull yellowish; 

 wings and tail brownish black, former with white 

 much reduced, latter with little or no white. Yng. Re- 

 semble female. Notes. Call, se-e-e-ep; song, sweet, 

 varied and musical 



Range. Western United States, from the Plains to the Pacific; 

 breeds from northern Lower California and western Texas, north to 

 Colorado, southern Idaho, and Oregon; winters from the southern 

 part of its breeding range southward. 



530b. Mexican Goldfinch (A. p. mexicanus}. Re- 

 sembles No. 530, but cheeks and entire upperparts black; 

 9 as in No. 530. 



Range. Mexico, north to southern Texas. 



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