Perching Birds Marked With Red. 
750. Dusky Kinglet (Regulus obscurus). Similar to 
No. 749, but above sooty olive. Ad. 3. With crown- 
patch pinkish or purplish vermilion-red. (Ridgw.) 
(See page 176.) 
Range.—Guadalupe Island, Lower California. 
—European Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis). L. 5.50. 
Feathers at base of bill red; crown and neck-stripe 
black; back brownish; wings with a yellow band; 
inner webs of tail-feathers tipped with white; below 
white tinged with brownish. Notes. Call, tw#; song, 
“sweet and varied.”’ (See page 176.) 
Range.—Introduced In this country near Hoboken, N. J., in 1873; 
now not uncommon near New York City. 
443, Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Musctvora forfica- 
ta). L. 14.5. Ad. 3. Above gray, back washed 
with red or yellow; crown-patch red. 4d. 2. Similar, 
but tail shorter, red less bright, back grayer. Notes. 
Loud, harsh, chattering notes uttered on the wing. 
Range.—Central America and Mexico; breeds through Texas north 
to southern Kansas and western Louisiana, and winters south to Cen- 
tral America; accidental in Florida and as far north as Connecticut 
and Hudson Bay. 
471. Vermilion Flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubineus 
mexicanus). L.6. Ad. 3. Crown and underparts 
red; back grayish brown. Ad. 2. Above -rownish, 
below white, breast streaked with dusky, belly red or 
yellow. Yug. df. Similar to 9 but spotted with red 
below and on crown. Notes. A shrill qi-bréé, z0-bréé, 
uttered while the bird hovers twenty or thirty feet up 
in the air. (Bendire.) 
Range.—Central America and Mexico, breeding north to southern 
Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, southwestern Utah (rarely) ; ‘‘winter vis- 
Itant to southern California.’ (Grinnell.) 
688. Painted Redstart (Setophaga picta). L. 5.4. 
Ads. Black; center of breast and belly deep red, patch 
in wings and outer tail-feathers white. 
Range—Mexican plateau north to southwest New Mexico and Arizona 
690. Red-faced Warbler (Cardellina rubrifrons). 
L. 5.2, Ads. Forehead, face, throat and sides of neck 
red, crown and ear- -coverts black, nape band and rump 
whitish; back gray; no white in wings or tail. Notes. 
A prolonged, very clear, whistled song. (Scott.) 
Range.—From Guatemala north over the Mexican Plateau to south. 
ern Arizona and western New Mexico. 
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