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STONE CHATS AND BLUEBIRDS. 



1. GKEENLAND WHEATEAR, S. LEUCORHOA. 6.50; 

 ash-gray above,* terminal third of tail, black, remainder with 

 tail coverts, forehead, line over eye, and lower parts behind, 

 white, otherwise plain buff below; patch on side of head, 

 black; in winter, strongly tinged with cinnamon. Breeds in 

 Iceland, Greenland and Labrador, straggling south to Nova 

 Scotia, Me., N. Y., and Bermuda; accidental in La. ; winters 

 in northern Africa, Labrador birds reaching their winter 

 quarters via Greenland and the British Isles. 



b. Bluebirds. Sialia. 



Prevailing color above, bright blue, unspotted in adults ; 

 no white on tail. 



1. BLUEBIRD, S. SIALIS. 7.00; cobalt-blue above; 

 Fig. 382. throat, breast, and 



sides deep cinnamon ; 

 remaining under 

 parts, white", fig. 382. 

 Female, much duller. 

 Young, reddish 

 above, spotted with 

 white ; wholly white 

 beneath, streaked 

 with reddish-brown. 

 Breeds from Ga. 

 north to the British 

 Provinces, west to the 

 CC, X, b, 1. 1-4. Rockies ; winters 



from the Middle States to the Gulf; south in Oct. and Nov. ; 

 north in Feb. and March. Common, frequenting 'the open 

 country. Call song, of three notes, often repeated, "Cheer- 

 i-ly" given by both sexes and the young; song, by the male, 

 a low, sweet warble, uttered sometimes in flight or when 

 perched with fluttering wings. Catches insects on the ground 

 but flies to perch to eat them. Flight, rather indirect and 

 wabbling. 



