Perching Birds Chiefly Gray, Black, or Black and White 



6l5a. St. Lucas Swallow (T. t. br achy pier a) . 

 Similar to No. 615, but wing shorter, tf, 4.1, 9, 4. 

 (Brewster.) 



Range. Lower California. 



458. Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigrtcans}. L. 7.2. 

 Ads. Breast and head black, back grayer; outer web 

 of outer tail-feather white; belly black, under tail-cov- 

 erts white streaked with dusky. Notes. A liquid htp, a 

 rising kee-ree, and a falling kee-wray. (Bailey.) 



Range. Mexico, except Yucatan and Pacific coast from Colima 

 northward, north into Texas, New Mexico, and southeastern Arizona. 



45 8a. Western Black Phoebe (S. n. semiatra). 

 Similar to No. 458, but under tail-coverts white with- 

 out dusky streaks. 



Range Pacific coast of Mexico and United States, from Colima to 

 Oregon, including most of Arizona. (Nelson.) 



494. Bobolink; Reedbird (Dolichonyx ory^vorus}. 

 ^Ad. <3\ summer. Black; nape buffy, lower back, 

 '- scapulars and upper tail-coverts white. Ad. 9- 

 Above yellowish brown streaked with buff, and black; 

 ,r*v oelow yellowish white, sides streaked with black. 

 x Winter plumage, Ads and Yng. Like 9 but yellower. 

 Notes. Song, an irrepressible bubbling outburst of 



black- 

 chink. 



"mad music'^ often given on the wing; calls, a 

 bird-like chuck and a metallic, far 



carryng, 



Range. Eastern North America, west to Utah; breeds from north- 

 ern New Jersey, Illinois and Kansas, north to Nova Scotia, Manitoba, 

 and Montana; mi grates south through Florida and West Indies, and 

 winters south 01 Amazon. 



534. Snowflake (Passer inanivaUs}. L. 6.9. Hind 

 toe-nail twice as long as shortest toe-nail. Ad. <$, 

 summer. Head, rump, secondaries, outer tail-feathers 

 and below white; rest of plumage largely black. Ad. 

 9, summer. Similar, but crown blackish, back edged 

 with rusty or grayish. Winter. Above rusty and 

 black, below white, breast tinged with rusty. Notes. 

 Calls, a clearly piped whistle, and a peculiar chirr, 

 often uttered when taking wing; song, short, simple, 

 but rather sweet. (Minot.) 



Range. Breeds In northern parts of northern hemisphere; in winter 

 south to northern states; Irregularly to Georgia, southern Indiana, 

 Kansas, Colorado, and eastern Oregon. 



534a. Pribilof Snowflake (P. n. townsendi}. Sim- 

 ilar to No. 534, but larger, with relatively longer bill; 

 J>, W. 4.7; B. 5. (Ridgw.). 



Range. Aleutian and Commander Islands, Pribilof Islands, Shuma- 

 eln Islands. (Ridgw.). 



535. McKay Snowflake (Passerina hyperborea}. 

 L. 7.5; W. 4.6; B .4. Similar to No. 534, but with 

 more white. Ad. (j\ summer. Back and scapulars 

 entirely white. Ad. $, summer. Crown and hind- 

 neck white. Yng. Not certainly distinguishable from 

 Yng. of No. 534. (Ridgw.) 



Range. Breeds on Hall and St. Mathews Islands, Bering Sea; In 

 winter west coast of Alaska. 



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