Perching Birds Marked With Blue 



599. Lazuli BuOiind {Cyanospi^a am<Bna.). L. S-S- 



Ad. d". Two white win^-bars; breast cinnamon^ 

 throat and upperparts liglit blue; back blacker. In 

 winter more or less tipped w th rusty. Ad. 9- Middle 

 ■w\Yi'i,<ovs'c[?i tipped 'v^\t\\ whitish; above grayish bruwn 

 with generally a blue' tinge, strongest on rump and 

 le -ser wing-coverts; below whitish, breast buff. Yng, 

 Like 9, but biowntr, no blue. Notes. Suggest those 

 of the Indigo Bunting. 



Rinjfc.—Weelerr Unitsd States, east to western Kansas; breeds 

 nor'h to Montana and British Columbia; winters in Mexico. 



600. Varied Bunting {Cyanospi^a venicvlor^. L. 

 5.?. Ad. cf. Reddish purple, crown and rump blue, 

 nape red. Ad. 9- Above brownish gray; below 

 whitish washed with buff; a slight tinge of blue on 

 rump, wings and tail. Much like 9 of No. 59S, but 

 less brown above and no streaks below. Yng. Re- 

 semble 9- 



Kan^e. — Mexico; breeding nonh ta southern Texas anj southern 

 Arizona; winters south of Dnited Siales. 



600a. Beautiful Bunting [C. v. pulchrri). Similarto 

 No. 600, but sliiihtly smaller, rump more purple^ 

 throat with less reJ. 

 R^nge.— Stmiliern Lower California. 



601. Painted Bunting; Nonpareil {Cyanospi^a. 

 ctns). L. 5.4. Ad. ri^. Eeiow red, rump duller, 

 back green, head d.irk blue. Ad. 9- Bright, shining 

 olive-green above; greenish yellow below. Yng, (^. 

 Like 9 i second year variously intermediate between 

 Ad. cf and 9- Notes. Resemble those of the Indigo 

 Bunting but possess I'ess volume. 



Range. — Southern United Slates; breeds notlll to Nurdi Carolina, 

 southern [liijiuL^. ^nd Kansas, and west to southern Arizona; win- 

 ters 111 Me;iicQ aitd Centi'a] America. 



654. Black-throated Blue Warbler [Dendroid 

 cceruhscms), L. 5.2. A white patch or spot at base of 

 primaries. Ad. c?. Throat and sides black; belly 

 white; above dark grayish blue; outer tail-feathers 

 with white. Ad. 9. Grayish olive-green; below 

 yellowish white; a narrow white line over eye; white 

 wing-patch small, sometimes barely showing above 

 coverts; tail with a bluish tinge. Yng. (?, Like Ad. cTj 

 but greenish above; black areas smaller and tipped 

 with whitish. Notes. Call, a sharp, characteristic 

 chip; song, usually, ^ee-^ee-^ee in an ascending 

 scale. 



Range.— Eastern North America; breeds from northern Connecticut, 

 tnotintains of Pennsylvania, southern Michigan, and northern Min^ 

 nesota, north to Labrador and HutJson Bay region; winters in Central 

 and South America. 



654a. Cairns Warbler {D. c. cairnsi). Similar to 

 No. fig4, but c? darker, the hack with more or less 

 black; 9 darker and duller. 



Range. — Breeds in higher portions of southern Alleghenies; winters 

 south at United States, 



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