Perching Birds Chiefly Gray, Black, or Black and White 



735. Black-capped Chickadee (Parus atricapillus] . 

 L. 5.2; T. 2.5. Ads. Cap and throat black; back 

 gray with a brownish tinge; outer margins of wing- 

 coverts grayish white', flanks, cream buff. Notes. Chick- 

 adee-dee, liquid gurgles and chuckling notes and a 

 sweet, clearly whistled, phe-be or pbe-be-e. 



Range.- Eastern North America; breeds from southern Illinois and 

 Pennsylvania north to Labrador, and south along Alleghanies to 

 North Carolina; migrates a short distance below its southern breed- 

 ing limits. 



735a. Long-tailed Chickadee (P. a. septentrionalis] . 

 Similar to No. 735, but tail longer, 2.7, flanks paler, 

 white edgings broader. 



Range. Rocky Mountain region north to British Columbia; east to 

 Manitoba and the Plains. 



735b. Oregon Chickadee (P. a. occidentals). Sim- 

 ilar to No. 735, but much darker; flanks grayish. 



Range. Pacific coast from northern California to Sitka. 



736. Carolina Chickadee (Parus carolinemis). Sim- 

 ilar to No. 735, but smaller, L. 4.6; T. 2., the greater 

 wing-coverts not margined with whitish. Notes. 

 Whistle "tswee-dee, twsee-dee." 



Range. Southeastern United States north to middle New Jersey, 

 and southern Illinois; resident from southern New Jersey southward. 



736.a Plumbeous Chickadee (P. c. agilis). Similar 

 to No. 736, but paler above, whiter below. 



Range. "Eastern and central Texas (Bee, Victoria, Cook, and 

 Concho Counties, etc . ") (A. O. U.) 



737. Mexican Chickadee (Parus sclatert). Simi- 

 lar to No. 735, but sides broadly gray like back, black 

 more extended.. Notes. A rapid, vigorous double- 

 noted whistle repeated three times, wholly unlike that 

 of the Chickadee. 



Range. Mountainous portions of the Mexican tableland north to 

 southern Arizona. 



630. Black-capped Vireo (Vireo atricapillus) . L. 

 4.5. Ad. cf . Crown and cheeks shining black; lores 

 and eye-ring white; back olive-green; below white, 

 sides tinged with greenish yellow; two whitish wing- 

 bars. Ad. ?. Similar, but black of head duller. 

 Yng. "Top and sides of head dull grayish brown; 

 lores, orbital ring and lower parts dull buffy white or 

 palebuffy." (Ridgw.) Notes. "Of the general char- 

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acter of the White-eye or bellii type." (Bailey.) 



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Range. Breeds in central and western Texas; north to southern 

 Kansas; winters in southern Mexico. 



