Perching Birds Chiefly Dull Colored 



623. Black-whiskered Vireo {i^ireo Mlidris barba- 

 lulus). L. 6. /ids. A dusky streak on either side of the 

 throat, crown Slate wtt/i'ont a black border; back olive- 

 green; below white, idwei belly, under tail* and under 

 wing-coverts yellowish; no wing-bars. Nates. ^ Re- 

 semble those of No. 624 but song more emphatic and 

 hesitating. 



Range —-Breedi In Cuba.. Bahamas and sniithem Florida; winters 

 InCentral Ameiica, 



624. Red-eyed Vireo (t^irso oU-docsus). L. 6.2. 

 Mds. Crown slate, on either side a narrow black 

 border; a white line over eye; above olive-green; below 

 white; under wing-coverts sulphur; no wing-bars; 

 no dusky streaks on throat. Notes. Call, a petulant,, 

 complaining whane; son^, a broken, rambling recitadve 

 "you see it— you know It — do "'ou hear m^— do you 

 believe it?" 



Range.- Eastern United States, west to the Rockies and British. 

 Ojlumbla, east of Cascail«B; breeds from tlie Gulf States to Labrador, 

 Manitoba, and British Columbia; wtnteis In Central and South Amer- 

 ica. 



632. Hutton Vireo iVirso huttont). L. 4.8. JJds. 



Underparts dusky grayish white with a faint yellow 

 tinge; above dusky olive-green; lores and eye-ring 

 grayish, not conspicuous; two white wing-bars. Notes. 

 A piping whistle Hkc the call of a ^oung ^bird, pii-fef, 



pee-yer; and a hnar.se whistle oh-my, oh-mv, ok-mj/. 

 Ran g-e.— California, west Of Sierra; resident. 



632a. Stephen Vireo {f. !i. stephnnsi). Similar to 

 No. 622, but grayer above, whiter below, wmg-bars 

 broader. 



Range,— Mexican boundary from western Texas to southeastem 

 California. 



632o. Anthony Vireo (K h. obsmrus). Similar to 

 No. 632, but darker, and <^veraginc slightly smaller. 



Range.— "Pacific coast, from Oregon to southern Brtilsii Columbia; 

 south in winter to California.'' (A. O, U.) 



647. Tennessee Warbler {Helminthopkila peregritia). 

 L. 5. No wing-bars; little or tm white in tail. Ad. (f. 

 Head bluish gray; a whitish line over eye; back olive- 

 green; below grayish white. Ad. 9. Gray of head 

 with more or less olive-green; stripe ovei- eye and un- 

 derparts yellower. Yng. Similar to 9, but entirely 

 blight olive-green ab"ove; yellower below. Notes. 

 Song scarcely distinguishable from that of the Chip- 

 ping Sparrow, but first two syllables (i«^ instead of 



chip. (Jones.) 



Range,— Eastern North Arnerlea. west in mlgrallons to the Roclrj" 

 Mountains; breeds from New Brunswick, northern New England, 

 northe'ii NewYo'li, and MinnsEola, north (o Quebec and Alaska; 

 winters in Central and northern South America. 



747. Kennicott Willow Warbler ( Pkyllopsmstn 

 borealts). L. 5. Ads. Above oliv^-green; below 

 white tinged with yellowish, sides greenish; a whitish 

 line over eye; a narrow whitish wing-bar; no white in 

 tail. Notes. Call, a monotonous d^t; song, resembles 

 trill Of ftedpoll. (Seebohm.) 



Range.- Asia, east tQ western Alaslia. 



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