Perching Birds Marked With Blue. 
599. Lazuli Bunting (Cyanospiza amena). L. 5.5. 
Ad. 3. Two white wing-bars; breast cinnamon, 
throat and upperparts light blue; back blacker. In 
winter more or less tipped w th rusty. 4d. 9. Middle 
wing-coverts tipped with whitish; above grayish brown 
with generally a blue tinge, strongest on rump and 
lesser wing-coverts; below whitish, breast buff. Yug. 
Like ¢, but browner, no blue. Notes. Suggest those 
of the Indigo Bunting. 
Ringe.—Western United States, east to western Kansas; breeds 
north to Montana and British Columbia; winters in Mexico. 
600. Varied Bunting (Cyanospiza versicolor). L. 
5.5. Ad. 3. Reddish purple, crown and rump blue, 
nape red. Ad. @. Above brownish gray; below 
whitish washed with buff; a slight tinge of blue on 
rump, wings and tail. Much like 2 of No. 598, but 
less brown above and no streaks below. Yung. Re- 
semble 2 
Range.—Mexico; breeding north to southern Texas and southern 
Arizona; winters south of United States. 
600a. Beautiful Bunting (C. 2. pulchra). Similarto 
No. 600, but slightly smaller, rump more purple, 
throat with less red. 
Range.—Southern Lower California. 
601. Painted Bunting; Nonpareil (Cyanospira 
cris). L. 5.4. Ad. 3. Below red, rump duller, 
back green, head dark blue. Ad. 2. Bright, shining 
olive-green above; greenish yellow below. Yung. <. 
Like 2;second year variously intermediate between 
Ad. d' and @. Notes. Resemble those of the Indigo 
Bunting but possess less volume. 
Range.—Southern United States; breeds north to North Carolina, 
southern Illinois, and Kansas, and west to southern Arizona; win- 
ters in Mexico and Central America. 
yo 654, Black-throated Blue Warbler (Dendroica 
cerulescens). LL. 5.2. A white patch or spot at base of 
primaries. Ad. g’. Throat and sides black; belly 
white; above dark grayish blue; outer tail-feathers 
with white. 4d. 9. Grayish olive-green; below 
yellowish white; a narrow white line over eye; white 
wing-patch small, sometimes barely showing above 
coverts; tail witha bluish tinge. Yug. @'.. Like Ad. g, 
but greenish above; black areas smaller and tipped 
with whitish. Notes. Call, a sharp, characteristic 
chips song, usually, zwee-zwee-gwee in an ascending 
scale. 
Range.—Eastern North America; breeds from northern Connecticut, 
mountains of Pennsylvania, southern Michigan, and northern Min- 
nesota, north to Labrador and Hudson Bay region; winters in Central 
and South America. 
654a. Cairns Warbler (D, c. cazrns?). Similar to 
No. 654, but G’ darker, the back with more or less 
black; @ darker and duller. 
Range.—Breeds in higher portions of southern Alleghenles; winters. - 
south of United States, 
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