Perching Birds Marked With Yellow or Orange 



696. Siberian Yellow Wagtail {BudyUs flavtts leu- 

 costriatus), L, 6.5. /id. (^. Crown biuisli slate, a 

 white line over eye; back olive-green; below yellow; 

 wing-bars yellowish; outer tail-feathers largely white. 

 Ad. 9- Similar, but duller, head and wing-bars 

 browner. Notes. Call, a sharp, ple-ple-pls; song, a 

 low, clear, medley of jingling notes uttered on the 

 wing. (Nelson.) (Seepage igt.) 



Range.— GUI II a, Eastern Siberia, and Bering Sea portion Of easlMTi 

 Alaska. 



529. American Goldfinch (^Astragalinus tristis], 

 L. 5.1; W. 2.8. Ad. c?,. Yellow, cap, wings and tail 

 black; wing-coverts, secondaries and inner margins of 

 tail-feathers tipped with white. Ad. 9, Above gray- 

 ish olive-brown; below buffy whitish; throat yellowish; 

 wings and tail duller than in male; white tips to 

 tail nut distinct. Yn^- d^ i*nd Ad. (^ in winUr. Simi- 

 lar to 9 but wings and tail black; white markings 

 grayer than in summer. HoU^. CnlLs, when perch, 

 ing, hicir tiu, hnai- nu, dearie, soft and sweet, when fly- 

 ing, per-chia-o-Tse; pe'r-chic-o-ree; song, sweet, rapid, 

 variecJ and canary-like. 



Range. — Eastern North America west to the Rockies; breeds from 

 Virginia and Missouri north to Labrador and Manitoba; winters from 

 northern United Stalselo the Gulf States. 



529a. Western Goldfinch {A. t.pallidus). Similar 

 to No. 52Q, but larger, W. 3.05. Ad. d^, in ^nmmer, 

 similar in color to No. 529. 9 and ^, in winter. 

 Much paler, the white areas greater in extent. 



Range.— Rocky Mountain region from northern Mexico north to 

 British Columbia. 



529b. California Goldfinch {A. t. saUr-jmans). 

 Similar to No; 529, but wings and tail shorter and 

 color darker. Ad. (^ in summer. With back always 



(?) tinged with pale olive-green; in winter darker than 

 No. 529, but with white areas as large as in 5303. 

 (Ridgw.) 



Ranye. — CalifuriiU. west of the Slerrii, suulli to Lower California, 

 norih lo WashinEton. 



530. Arkansas Goldfinch [Astragalinus psaliria). 

 L. 4.1. Ad. <f . Cap, wings, and tail black, most of 

 primaries and tail white basally; back and cheeks olive- 

 green, often marked with black; bdow yellow Ad. 9, 

 No black cap; above olive-green; below dull yellowish; 

 wings and tail brownish black, former with white 

 much reduced, latter with little or no white. Yng. Re- 

 semble female. Noie's^ Call, se-e-e-ep; song, sweet, 

 varied and musical 



Range. — WoKtern United' StateE. from the Plains to the Pacific! 

 breeds from northeni Lower California and western Texas, north (o 

 Colorado, southern Idaho, and Oregon; winters from the southern 

 part of Its br««dliie range southward. 



530b, Afexican Goldfinch {A. p. mexieanus). Re- 

 sembles No. 550, but cbeeks and entire upperparts black; 

 9 as in No. 550. 



Range.— Mftxl CO. north to southtrn Texds. 



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