Perching Birds Chiefly Gray, Black, or Black and White 



731. tuned TiimousB (Ufeolopbushiaolor). L. 6. 

 ,4ds. Head crested; forehead black-, above gray; below 

 whitish, sides rusty. Notes. A clearly whistled pdio, 

 pHoy and a hoarse de-di-de. 



Range— Eastern Untied Siaies; resiaentf.omttie Gulf States north' 

 to northern New Jersey and southern Iowa; straying somewhat 

 further no rih !n summer after breeding. 



731a. Texan Tutted Titmouse (b. b. texensis). 

 Similar to No. 731, but forehead rusty, upperparts 

 paler. 



Range. — Southeastern Texas. 



732. Black-crested Titmouse [Bi^olopbus atricrist- 

 alus). L. 6.1. ^ds. Head with a black crest; fore- 

 liead white or tinged with rusty; back gray; below 

 whitish, sides rusty. Not^s, An abbreviation of the 

 call of No. 731, pe^'-bete-pete-pete. (Bailey.) 



Range. — "From southeastern Tcajs west to El Paio, soulh lo east- 

 ern MbxIlo." (Bailey.) 



75 1. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher {PolioptUa ccerulea). 

 L. 4,5; r. 2. Outer tail-teathers with white, white 

 tip of next to outer one at least i.oo long. Ad. (^. 

 Above bluish gray, forehead narrowly black; below 



frayish white. Ad. 9- Similar, out lighter ^ray; no 

 lack on forehead. Woto, Call, a twanging ting; 

 song, sweet and varied but of small volume. 



Range.— Eastern United .States, west In Coloradn: hreeds from Ifie 

 Gulf States north to snnthern New JerseVi and Ontario; wanders ras- 

 ually as farnorth as Maine and Minnesota: winters from the Guif 

 Stales souttiwafd. 



75 (a. Western Gnatcatcher (P. c. obsmra). Simi- 

 lar to No. 751, V^ut slightly grayer above; white tip to 

 next to outer tail-feather hss than 1.00 long. 



Ratlge.— Western United Stales from weitern TcxaS s'tSt to Cal- 

 ifornia and Lowef California. 



752. Plumbeous Gnatcatcher {PoUuplUa plumhea), 

 L. 4.4. Outer web of outer tail-feather it'/io//;' white, 

 inner web black except at tip. Ad. (f. Crown shin- 

 ing black, back blue-gray; undcrparts grayish white. 

 Ad, 9 i^nd Yfig. f^. Similar, but no black on head. 

 Yng. $. Rack and sid-s with a brownish wash. 

 Notes. Call, a faint mew; song, "a harsh diity of five 

 notes, something like a Wren's song vvith notes like 

 those of a Swallow, [Cooper. ) 



Range — Mexican boundary region, from western Texas to south- 

 eastern California and Lower t ^lifomia. 



753. Black-tailed Gnatcatcher {Poliopiila ealiforn- 

 ica). L.4.5;T. 2.1. Sinilar to No. 752, but outer 

 vane of outer tail-feather Uack margined with white; 

 back darker, underparts much grayer, flanks brownish. 



Range.— Pacific coasi region of southern California and tiprthem 

 Lower California. 



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