iPerching Birds Marked With Red 



593, Cardinal {Cardinalis cafJirtalis). L. 9; W. 

 3.7; T. 4.1. A4. c?' Forehead with a well-defined 

 black band; feathers of back (except in worn plumage) 

 tipped with olws-browK or olivi-gray. Ad. '^. Above 

 olive-brown; crest, wings and tail dull red edged with 

 olive-brown; throat and region at base of bill gray; 

 breast buffy, sometimes tinged with red; belly whiter. 

 Notes, Call, a sharp, insignificant tsip\ song, a rich, 

 sympathetic whistle, whe-e-e-you, whe-e-e, hurry-hurry- 

 hurry, quick-quicb -quick, and other notes. 



Range.— Eastern United States' resident from northern Florida aad 

 eastern Texas north to southern New York and liwa. 



593a. Arizona Cardinal (C. e. iwperhts). Largest 

 of our Cardinals, L. 9.5; W. 4! T. 4.9, Ad- if. 

 Paler, more rosy, than No. 593; margins to back 

 feathers usually gray; black on forehead usually sep- 

 arated by base of culmen. Ad. $. Gray above like 

 No. 593c, but breast richer, much as in No. 593d; gray 

 of throat more restricted and often confined to the 

 chin. 



Range— Southern ArizotTa and northern Sonora. Mexico- 

 593t). Saint Lucas Cardinal (C. c. ieneus). Simi- 

 lar to No. 593a, but smaller; W. 3-&; T, 4; cf with 

 even less, sometimes almost no black on forehead; 9 

 paler; gray on chin and about base of bill less defined. 



Range. — Suuthtrn Luwi^r_ California. 



593c. Gray-tailed Cardinal (C. c. Ganicaudus). W. 

 3.7. Ad. (f. Red bright as in No. 593d, but black on 

 forehead narrower, usually separated by base of cul- 

 men. Ad. 5. Grayer than $ of No. 593, the edgings 

 of Swings and tail usually gray without an olive tinge. 



I^diige- — Texaa, except western and nciJ~theasleni parts^ and noiih- 

 e^ stern Alexico. 



593d. Florida Cardinal (C. c.Jloridams). Smaller 

 than No. 593, W. 3.4; (^ averaging deeper red; ? 

 darker and richer in color, particularly on breast. 



Range. — Southern ha if of Florida. 



594. Arizona Pyrrhuloxia {Tyri-kuloxia sttmaia). 

 L. 9; W. 3.6; T. 4.1. ; Ad. (f. Gray; in fresh plumaee 

 washed with brownish; crest, wings and tail externally 

 dull red; under wing-coverts, center of breast and of 

 belly, throat, and region about base of bill, rosy red. 

 Ad. 9 • Usually little or no red about bill or on undfcr- 

 parts. Notes. Call, several flat, thin notes; song, 

 a clear, straight whistle. (Bailey.) 



Range.— Northwestern Mexico, north to western Texas, soalhwest- 

 ern New Mexico, and Arizona. 



594a. Texas Pyrrhuloxia {P. s. texana). Similar 

 to No. 594, but bill: larger; underparts averaging 

 slightly grayer; red before eyes averaging duskier. 



594b. Saint LuOas Pyrrhuloxia [P. s. peninstdce). 

 Similar in color to No. 594. but decidedly smaller, with 

 the bill larger; W. 3.4; T. 3.7. (Ridgw.) 



Range.— Cape Region o( Lower CallJornla- 



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