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No. 599. Lazuli Bunting, {Passerina amoe- 

 na). 



Western United States from the Plains to the Pa" 

 tific. Length 5.5 in. Male: — Head and nectc all 

 around, and entire upper parts of rich azure blue, 

 slightly obscured by blackish on the back. Under 

 parts white except the breast adjoining the blue, 

 vvhich is brown; a broad white bar crosses the medi- 

 an coverts and sometimes a narrow one at the tips of 

 the greater. Female: — Above yellowish brown, 

 sometimes with faint bluish edges and crossed by 

 two brownish white wing bars. 



No. 6oo' Varied Bunting, {Passerina versi- 

 color) . 



From southern Texas southwards. Length 5.5 in. 

 Male: — General color purplish, more red on hind 

 head and blue on top of head and rump; lores black. 

 Female like that of preceding except that it lacks the 

 wing bars. 



No. 601. Painted Bunting, Nonpareil, (Pass- 

 erina ciris). 



Common in the South Atlantic and Gulf States- 

 Length 5.5 in. Male: — Crown, hind neck, and sides 

 of head bright blue; back yellowish green; rump and 

 tail purplish red; under parts bright vermillion; wings 

 dusky. Female: — Above yellowish green and below 

 yellowish white. Orbital ring vermillion. 

 No. 654. Black-throated Blue Warbler, 



{Denroica coerulescens) . 



North America east of the Plains. Breeds from 

 northern United States northwards. Length 

 about 5 in. Male: — Above dark slaty blue, lighter 

 and brighter on the forehead; back with black 

 streaks down center of feathers; throat, sides of head 

 and breast black, this extending along the sides in a 

 continuous band or broken streaks; wings and tail 

 dusky, the former with a broad white patch at the 

 base of the primaries and the latter with white spots 

 on the inner webs of outer feathers near their ends. 

 Under parts white. Female: — Olive brownish above 

 and dull whitish below, but always to be recognized 

 by the characteristic white blotch at base of primar- 

 ies; this may be a mere speck but it is always pres- . 

 ent. 

 No. 658. Cerulean Warbler, {Dendroica 



coerulea') . 



Eastern United States, rare in New England, 

 Length 4.5 in. Male: — Upper parts sky blue, the 

 middle of the back and also the crown with black 

 markings; below white; streaked across the breast 

 in the form of a ring with dusky blue; wings with ' 

 two broad white bars and tail with white spots near ' 

 the tips of outer feathers. 



