Perching Birds Chiefly Dull Colored 



463. Yellow-6ellic,d Fiyoatohei- {Empidonax fiavi- 

 ventns). L. 5 6. Ads. Below distinctly greenish 

 yt;llf>w, belly brighter; above bright olive-green. Yng. 

 Brighter, wing-bars buffy- Notes. PsS-eh in one harsh 

 explosive syllable; a plaintive chu-e-e-p. fDwight.) 



Ran^e. Eastern North Ameiicfl, west to the Plains; breeds from 

 nortliern New Enel^'''^ (soutti In Alleghanies to PemisylvanlaJ , 

 northern Ncw York, and MInntsota, north to Labrador and ^lo^thwe8t 

 Territories; winters In Central America. 



464. Western Flycatcher {Empidonax. difficilis). 

 Similar to No. 463, but brighter yellow below, breast 

 washed with brownish instead of greenish; above 

 yellower. NcUs. A soft low riote, and a wa.i\mgpes-ett, 

 (C. A. Allen.) 



Ranee, — Western North America; east to about long. ioo° ; breed f 

 from Mexican border nortti to southern Alaska; winters In Mexico and 

 Central America. 



464. 1 . St. Lucas Flycatcher (Empidonax cimrilius). 

 Most like Nu. 4G4, but much duller; scarcely a tinge of 

 green above; no decided yellow below except on throat 

 and abdomen. (Brewster.) 



Ranpe. -Lower California, from Cape Region north, rarely, to 

 southern CaHfornia. 



464.2. Santa Barbara Flycatcher (Empidcmax insul- 

 icola). Similar to No. 464, but above darker and 



browner; below paler. (Oberholser.) 



Ran^e.— Sania Barbara Islands, California, 



465. Green •crested Flycatcher (Ewpidouax vires- 

 ems). L. 5.7. ^ds. Throat and belly whits, breast 

 grayish: sides, breast and sometimes belly, washed 

 with sulphur; back olive-green, a tint lighter than in 

 No. 463; lower mandible whitish; wing-bars buffy. 



Notes. Spee or peet and pee-^-yuk. 



Ran^e,— Eastern United States, west to the Plains; breeds from the 

 Gulf Stales lo southern Connecticut and Manitoba; winters In Central 

 America. 



646. Orange-crowned Warbler {HelminthophiU ce- 

 lata). L. 5. No white in wings or tail. Ad. ^. 

 Above olive-green more or less washed with grayish; 

 a concealed, reddish orange crown-patch; below dusky 

 yellowish green. Ad. 9- Similar, but grayer, crown- 

 patch smaller or wanting. Yng. Like 2, but no 

 crown-patch. Notes. Song full and strong, not very 

 high pitched and ending abruptly on a rising scale, 

 chie, clue, chee, chw' , chw'. (Jones.) 



R neo.-lntcrior of North Amortea, breeding from Manitoba and 

 mountains of New Mexico to Alaska; winters in Gulf States and 

 southward; rare in Atlantic states north of South Carolina, 



646(1. Lutescent Warbler ("//. <;. lutescens). Simi- 

 lar to No. 646, but greener above,' yellower below; un- 

 derparts distinctly yellow with a dusky wash- 

 Range. — Pacific coast; hreeding In mountains from southern C3I- 

 ffornla to Kenal Peninsula. Ala.'ika; winters from California soulli 

 into Mexico; east to Colorado In migrations. 



646b. Dusky Warbler {H. c. sordida). Similar to 

 No. 646a, but decidedly darker, bill and feet larger, 

 wing shorter and tail longer. (Ridgw.) 



Range.— Breeds In Santa Barbara Islands, California; later occurs 

 on adjoining mainland. 



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