Perching Birds Chiefly Dull Colored. 
749. Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula). 
L. 4.4. A conspicuous whitish eye-ring. Ad. gj. <A 
more or less concealed crown-patch; back olive-green;. 
underparts soiled whitish more or less tinged with 
buffy; two white wing-bars. Ad. 9 and Yng. (Here 
figured.) Similar, but no crown-patch. 
Range.—North America; breeds from the northern border of the 
United States northward, and south in the Rocky Mountains to Arizo- 
na, and in the Sierra Nevada of California; winters from south Caro- 
lina and Oregon southward to Central America. 
749a. Sitkan Kinglet (R. c. grinnell¢). Similar to 
No. 749, but more olive-green above; more buffy below. 
Range.—Pacific coast; breeds in southern Alaska; winters south- 
ward to California. 
470a. Buff-breasted Flycatcher (Empidonax fulvi- 
frons pygmeus). L. 4.7. Ads. Below rusty buff; 
above grayish brown. 
Range.—Western Mexico; north In spring to southwestern New 
Mexico and Arizona. 
586. Texas Sparrow (Arremonops rufivirgata). L. 
6.5. Ads. Above olive-green, sides of crown brown- 
ish, its center grayish; below whitish; bend of wing 
yellow. Notes. Song resembles that of the Chipping 
Sparrow but with somewhat of the sweetness and 
modulation of that of the Yellow Warbler. 
Range.— Eastern Mexico, north to southeastern Texas; casually to 
Louisiana. 
638. Swainson Warbler (Helinaia swainsoni). L.5. 
Bill large; no white in wings or tail. Ads. Crown 
brown, back, wings and tail olive-brown; a whitish 
line over eye; below whitish tinged with yellow. 
Notes. Song, ‘‘a series of clear, ringing whistles, the 
first four uttered rather slowly and in the same key, 
the remaining five or six given more rapidly and in an 
evenly descending scale.’’ (Brewster. ) 
Range.—Southeastern United States; breeds from Gulf States 
north to southeastern Virginia, southern Indiana and southern Mis- 
sourl. 
639. Worm-eating Warbler (Helmitheros vermt- 
vorus). L.5.5. Bill large; no white in wings or tail 
Ads. Crown black with three buff stripes; back, 
wings and tail olive-green; below buffy white deeper on 
breast. Yug. Buff everywhere richer. Notes. Call, 
a sharp chip; song, resembles that of Chipping Spar- 
row but is somewhat weaker. 
Range.—Eastern United States; breeds north to southern Connect- 
icut, southern Illinois and southern Wisconsin; winters south of 
United States. 
742. Pallid Wren-tit (Chamea fasciata). L. 6.7; 
T. 3.4. Outer tail-feathers shortest. Ads. Above 
brownish gray; below buffy obscurely streaked with 
gray. Notes. Song wooden and unmusical, beginning 
deliberately and ending in a roll, chick: chick; chick, 
chich-chich-chick-chick-chick-chick. 
Range.—' Interior of California, including the western slope of the 
Slerra Nevada, from the head of the Sacramento Valley south to 
northern Lower California.” (A. O. U.) 
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