Perching Birds Marked With Chestnut or Reddish Brown 



596. Blaok-headed Grosbeak {Zamelodia melano- 

 cephala). L. 8.1. Ad. (^. Black; neck-ring, rump, 

 back-streaks and utiderparts bright cinnamon; center 

 of belly and under wing-coverts yellnw; patch in wing, 

 wing-bars and tips of inner vanes of outer tail-feathers 

 white. In winter lipped with brown above and on 

 breast below with black spots. Ad. 9. Under wing- 

 coverts yellow as in f^; above as in No. 595; below 

 less streaked, breast buff. Yng. <J'. ^ Like 9 but 

 breast deeper bulJ; few streaks below; sitles of crown 

 blacker. Notes. Call and song like those of the Rose- 

 breasted Grosbeak, but the latti:;r more fluent. 



Rang;e^ — Western UTiUt^d States, east ty the Plains; breeds frum 

 Mexico nurtli t<j Daliold. and British Columbia; winters south of 

 United Status liilo Mexico. 



761. American Robin {Merula migratorta). L. 10; 



W. 4.9; T. 3,S. Outer tail-feathers with white tips. 

 Ad. t^. Breast and belly rich rust-brown; above dark 

 slaty, head and spots in back black. Ad. ?. Similar 

 but paler below, little or no black above. iVinter. 

 Underparts margined with whitish; black above more 

 cr less concealed by ashy. NaUs. Calls, varied and 

 characteristic; song, a loud, hearty, chaer-up cheerily, 

 cheerily, chesrily, repeated and varied. 



Range.— Hastprn Nfirth America, westto tlie Rockies, northwest to 

 Alaslta; hreedlng south to Virginia and. In the mountains, Georgia: 

 winters from northern States southward. 



761a. Western Robin {M. m. propinqua). Similar 

 to No. 761, but no white tips to tail- feathers. Ad. J". 

 Without black spots in back. 



Range. — Western United States, from the eastern base of the Rocky 

 Mountains west to the Pacific; breeds from the southern end of the 

 Mexican tableland north to British Columbia; winters from Oregon 

 and southern Colorado southward. 



761b. Southern Robin {M.m.aehrustera). Simi- 

 lar to No. 761, but smaller and in general much lighter 

 and duller; W.4-7> T. 3.5- (Batchelder.) 



Range, — Carollnas and Georgia except mounlalnuus districts, 

 lowlands oi Virginia. 



762. St. Luca» Robin {Merula confinis) , Resemb- 

 ling No. 761 in plan of coloration but everywhere 

 much paler; breast and belly buff; no black in head. 



Range,— Cape Region of Lower CalKornia. 



763. Varied TItrusli {Inoreus nc^'iui). L. 10; W. 

 4.7. Ad. (f. Below rust-brown, belly whiter, a 

 broad black breast-band; above slaty, line behind eve 

 and bars in wing rusty; outer tail-feathers with white 

 tips. In winter washed with brownish above; breast 

 band with rusty. Ad. M- Paler below, breast-band 

 faintly indicated; above washed with brownish. NoUs. 

 Song, a weird vibrant, long-drawn whistle repeated 

 on different notes. 



Ranee.— Pacific coast from higher mountains of northern California 

 north to Alaska; south In winter along the coast. 



763a. Pale Varied Thrush (/, n. mBruloides). Sim- 

 ilar to No. 763, but wing longer, 5.1; 9 paler and 

 grayer. (Grinnell.) 



Range.— Interiorof British Columbia north to north Alaska; south 

 in winter, through Interior, to soutliem California. 



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