Perching Birds Chiefly Gray, Black, or Black and White. 
573. Black-throated Sparrow (4mphispiza biline 
ata). L.5.3. Ads. Throat, upper breast, and front 
of face black; a white stripe over eye and another at 
the side of the throat; above grayish brown unstreaked; 
outer web of outer tail-feather white, except at tip; at 
least half an inch of tip of inner web white.  Nofes. 
Song, simple but sweet, three ascending and three 
descending notes. 
Range.— Middle and eastern Texas (except along coast?), north to 
Oklahoma and western Kansas; winters from central Texas south into 
northeastern Mexico. A 
573a. Desert Sparrow (4. b. deserticola). Similar 
to No. 573, but above grayer, the white tip to outer 
tail-feather Jess than half an inch long. 
Range.—Western United States and northern Mexico, from western 
Texas to southeastern California; breeds north to southern Colorado, 
and western Nevada; winters south into Mexico. 
602. Morellet Seed-eater (Sporophila morellett). 
L. 4.6. Ad. gf’. Entire upperparts, cheeks, tail, 
wings and breast-band black; bases of wing-feathers, 
tips to coverts and underparts, except breast-band, 
whitish. Ad. 2. Above grayish brown, below uni- 
form buffy. Yag. of. Variously intermediate be- 
tween Ad. fi and Ad. gf. At least two years evident- 
ly required to reach mature plumage. 
Range.—Eastern Mexico, north to southeastern Texas. 
636. Black and White Warbler (Moofidita varia). 
L. 5.3. Ad. g'. Above streaked black and white: 
throat black or white; belly white; sides streaked 
black and white. Ad. Q. Less black; whiter below; 
throat always white. Nofes. Song, a thin, wiry, 
S€é-S€E-S£e-S22. 
Range.—Eastern North America: breeds from Virginia, Louisiana, 
and northern Texas, north to Hudson Bay region; winters from Gulf 
States south to northern South America; accidental in California. 
661. Black-poll Warbler (Dendroica siriataz).  L. 
5.6. Ad. go. Crown black, cheeks white; back streaked, 
gray and black; below white streaked with black; 
wing-bars and tail-spots white. 4d. 2. -No black 
cap; above olive-green streaked with black. Yung. and 
Ad. in winter. Above olive-green lightly streaked with 
black; below vellowish white; breast obscurely streaked. 
Notes. Song, a slender, wiry trez-tree-tree-tree-tree-tree- 
tree-tree, rapidly uttered. (Langille.) 
Range.—Eastern North America, west to the Rockies: breeds from 
northern New England, northern New York, northern Michigan, and 
Colorado, north to Labrador and Alaska; winters in West Indies and 
northern South America. 
665. Black-throated Gray Warbler (Dendroica nig- 
rescens). L. 5. Ad. GQ. Crown, cheeks and throat 
black, a white stripe at sides of throat, a yellow line 
before eye; back gray streaked with black; wing-bars 
and tail-patches white. 4d. 2. Similar, but cown 
not always wholly black. Yug. Above washed with 
brownish, black areas tipped with white. Notes. 
Song, gee-ce-gee-ze, 72, 72, 72, With the quality of the 
song of Dendroica crrens or D. caerulescens. 
Range.—Western United States: breeds in mountains from Arizona 
and northern Lower Califorcia, north to Colorado and Vancouver 
Island; winters in Mexico. 
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