Perching Birds Marked With Yellow or Orange 



474j. Sonoran Horned Lark {O. a. pallida). W. 

 ^, ?.8; 9,3-6. Nape very pale pinkish; back pale 

 grayish hrown edged with grayish; forehead, line ovet 

 eye, and throat tinged with yellowish. Resembles No. 

 474I, but is still paler. 



Range,— "Reeion Immedlaielv adjacentti? the hea4 of the Gulf of 

 California, Mexico." (Oberholsei.) 



4741. Montezuma Horned Lark (0. it.ncddenta'-is). 

 W. tS\ 4; 9, 3-8. No distinct blackish ttreaksiibove; 

 back pale brownish edged with pinkish gray; throat 

 yellow, forehead and line over eye tinged with yellow. 

 Similar to No. 474h, but paler, less ruddy above; differs 

 from No. 474c in being browner and less streaked 

 above. 



Range.— In summer, central New Mexlro, west tn cpntral Arizona; 

 In winter, south to northern Snnora and Chihuahua, Mexico and 

 inuiheasi Texas," (Oberholser.) 



474m. Island Horned Lark (O. a. insularis). Sim- 

 ilar to No. 474g, but slightly darker above, breast 

 usually without a yellow tinge. 



Range. — Santa Barbara Islands, California. 



446. Couch Kingbird (Tyrannus melanchoUcits 

 couckii), L.9.5. Ads, Throat ■wAf/f, breast and belly 

 yellow, tail darh brown; crown gray with an orange 

 patch, back grayish green; Yng. Similar, but no 

 crown -patch. 



Range. — Guatemala, tiortfi In spring as far as Lower Rio Grand*, 

 Texas. 



447. Arkansas Kingbird {Tyranms verticalis) . L. 

 9. Ads. Throat light gray spreading over breast to 

 yellow belly; tail black, outer margin of outer feather 

 ■wholly white; above resembling No. 446. Yng. With 

 no crown-patch. Notes. Squeaky, rattling, rolling 

 notes; a noisy bird. 



Kange. — Western United States; breeds east to about Long-, ioo°, 

 north to Assinlbola, soutnern Aiberia southern British Coiumbta, west 

 to the Pacific; winters south o( United States, to Central America, 



448. Cassin Kingbird {Tyrannus vociferans), L. 

 9. Ads. Throat and, breast rfurft gray^ belly yellow; 

 tail black, outer web of outer feather not wholly white; 

 above as in No. 447, Yng. With no crown-pattli. 

 NoUs, Less noisy than No. 447. (Bendire.J 



Range,— Western United States, northweslem Mexico and north 

 through RockieG, from weEtfern Texas, [<<ew Mexico and Arizona, to 

 southern Wyoming; In California north to San Benito County; win- 

 ters south of United States to Central America. 



449. Derby Flycatcher {Pitungus derbianus). L. 

 II. Ads. Back brown, wings and t<^il externally 

 rusty; a yellow crown-patch; forehead, line over eye 

 and across nape white; throat white, below yellow, 

 h'oies. Kiskadee, repeated. (Richmond.) 



Range.— Northern South America; breeds north as far as Lower 

 Klo Grande, Texas. 



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