Perching Birds Chiefly Gray, Black, or Black and White 



573. Black-throated Sparrow (Amphispi^a biline- 

 ata). L. 5.3. Ads. Throat, upper breast, and front 

 of face black; a white stripe over eye and another at 

 the side of the throat; above grayish brown unstreaked; 

 outer web of outer tail-feather white, except at tip; at 

 least half an inch of tip of inner web white. Notes. 

 Song, simple but sweet, three ascending and three 

 descending notes. 



Range. Middle and eastern Texas (except along coast?), north to 

 Oklahoma and western Kansas; winters from central Texas south into 

 northeastern Mexico. 



573a. Desert Sparrow (A. b. deserticola}. Similar 

 to No. 573, but above grayer, the white tip to outer 

 tail-feather less than half an inch long. 



Range. Western United States and northern Mexico, from western 

 Texas to southeastern California; breeds north to southern Colorado, 

 and western Nevada; winters south into Mexico. 



602. Morellet Seed-eater (Sporophila morelleti). 

 L. 4.6. Ad. $. Entire upperparts, cheeks, tail, 

 wings and breast-band black; bases of wing-feathers, 

 tips to coverts and underparts, except breast-band, 

 whitish. Ad. $. Above grayish brown, below uni- 

 form buffy. Yng. tf. Variously intermediate be- 

 tween Ad. cJ 1 and Ad. $. At least two years evident- 

 ly required to reach mature plumage. 



Range. Eastern Mexico, north to southeastern Texas. 



636. Black and White Warbler (Mniotilta varia). 

 L. 5.3. Ad. <3\ Above streaked black and white; 

 throat black or white; belly white; sides streaked 

 black and white. Ad. 9- Less black; whiter below; 

 throat always white. Notes. Song, a thin, wiry, 

 see-see-see-see. 



Range. Eastern North America: breeds from Virginia, Louisiana, 

 and northern Texas, north to Hudson Bay region; winters from Gulf 

 States south to northern South America; accidental in California. 



661. Black-poll Warbler (Dendroica striata}. L. 

 5.6. Ad. (j\ Crown black, cheeks white; back streaked, 

 gray and black; below white streaked with black; 

 wing-bars and tail-spots white. Ad. ?. No black 

 cap; above olive-green streaked with black. Yng. and 

 Ad. in winter. Above olive-green lightly streaked with 

 black; bz\QW yellowish white; breast obscurely streaked. 

 Notes. Song, a slender, wiry tree-tree-tree-tree-tree-tree- 

 tree-tree, rapidly uttered. (Lnngille.) 



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

 northern New England, northern New York, northern Michigan, and 

 Colorado, north to Labrador and Alaska; winters in West Indies and 

 northern South America. 



665. Black-throated Gray Warbler (Dendroica nig- 

 rescens). L. 5. Ad. <j\ Crown, cheeks and throat 

 black, a white stripe at sides of throat, a yellow line 

 before eye; back gray streaked with black; wing-bars 

 and tail-patches white. Ad. ?. Similar, but crown 

 not always wholly black. Yng. Above washed with 

 brownish, black areas tipped with white. Notes. 

 Song, ree-ee-^ee-ee, $e, %e, %g, with the quality of the 

 song Q\ Dendroica virens or D. ccerulescens. 



Range. Western United States; breeds in mountains from Arizona 

 and northern Lower California, north to Colorado and Vancouvei 

 Island; winters in Mexico. 



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