Perching Birds Chiefly Gray, Black, or Black and White. 
615a. St. Lucas Swallow (7. 7. ioe aa 
Similar to No. 615, but wing shorter, o’, 4.1, 9, 4. 
(Brewster. ) 
Range.—Lower California. 
458. Black Phebe (Sayornis nigricans). L. 7.2. 
Ads. Breast and head black, back grayer; outer web 
of outer ta.l-feather white; belly black, under tail-cov- 
erts white streaked with dusky. Notes. A liquid hip, a 
rising Aee-reé, anda falling Ace-wray. (Bailey.) 
Range.—Mexico, except Yucatan and Pacific coast from Colima 
northward, north into Texas, New Mexico, and southeastern Arizona. 
458a. Western Black Phoebe (S. w. semiatra). 
Similar to No. 458, but under tail-coverts white with- 
out dusky streaks. 
Range — Pacific coast of Mexico and United States, from Colima to 
Oregon, including most of Arizona. (Nelson.) 
494. Bobolink; Reedbird (Dolichonyx oryzivorus). 
Ad. 3, summer. Black; nape buffy, lower back, 
scapulars and upper tail: -coverts white. 4d. &. 
Above yellowish brown streaked with buff, and black; 
below yellowish white, sides streaked ‘with black. 
Winter plumage, Ads and Yng. Like & but yellower. 
Notes. Song, an irrepressible bubbling outburst of 
“mad music”’ often given on the wing; calls, a black- 
bird-like chuck and a metallic, far carrying, chink. 
Range.—Eastern North America, west to Utah; breeds from north- 
ern New Jersey, Illinois and Kansas, north to Nova Scotia, Manitoba, 
and Montana; migrates south through Florida and West Indies, and 
winters south of Amazon. 
534, Snowflake (Passerina nivalis). L.6.9. Hind 
toe-nail twice as long as shortest toe-nail. Ad. 
summer. Head, rump, secondaries, outer tail- feathers 
and below white; rest of plumage largely black. Ad. 
2, summer. Similar, but crown blackish, back edged 
with rusty or grayish. Winter. Above rusty and 
black, below white, breast tinged with rusty. Notes. 
Calls, a clearly piped whistle, and a peculiar chirr, 
often uttered when taking wing; ‘Song, short, simple, 
but rather sweet. (Minot.) 
Range.—Breeds in northern parts of northern. hemisphere; irregu- 
larly to Georgia, southern Indiana, Kansas, Colorado, and eastern 
Oregon; in winter south to northern states. 
534a. Pribilof Snowflake (P. 1. townsendi). Sim- 
ilar to No. 534, but larger, with relatively longer bill; 
, W. 4.7; B.5. (Ridgw.) 
Range.—Aleutian and Commander Islands, Pribilof Island, Shuma- 
gin Islands. (Ridgw.) 
535° McKay Snowflake (Passerina hyperboreus). 
L. 7.5; W. 4.6; B.4. Similar to No. 534, but with 
more white. Ad. \, summer. Back and scapulars 
entirely white. 4d. 2, summer. Crown and _hind- 
neck white. Yung. Not Sane distinguishable from 
Yng. of No. 534. (Ridgw.) 
Range.—Breeds on Hall and St. Mathews Islands, Bering Sea; in 
winter west coast of Alaska. 
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