Perching Birds Chiefly Gray, Black, or Black and White 



735. Black-capped Chickadee fFffrwj atricapillus). 

 L. 5.2; T. 2.5. Ads. Cap and throat black; back 

 gray with a brownish tinge; outer margins of wing- 

 covevis griivish white; flantcs, cream buff. Notes. Chick- 

 adee-dee, li'oiiid gurgles and chuckling notes and a 

 sweet, clearly whistled, ^A^-J,? or phe-he-s. 



Range.- Eastern Norlh America; breeds from southern nilnols and 

 Pennsylvania nortti to Labrador, and south along Alleghanles to 

 Nnriti Carolina; migrates a short distance below Its southern breed- 

 ing iLtnlls. 



735a. Long-tailed Chickadee {p. a. septentrionalis) . 

 Similar to No. 735, but tail longer, 2.7, flanks paler, 

 white edgings broader. 



Range. — Rocky Mountain region north to British Columbia; east to 

 Manitoba and the Plains, 



735b. Oregon Chickadee {P. a.occidentalis). Sim- 

 ilar to No. 735, but much darker; flanks grayish. 



Range. — Pacllit toast irom northern California to Stlka. 



736. Carolina Chickadee iParm carQlinmsis). Sim- 

 ilar to No. 735, but smaller, L. 4,6; T. 2., the greater 

 wing-coverts not margined with whitish. Notes. 

 y^\\\s\!Le^Hswee-dee, iwsee-dee. " 



Range.— SoutheaEtern United States north to middle New Jersey, 

 and southern Illinois; resident from southern New Jersey southward. 



736. a Plumbeous Chiukadew {P. c. agilis'). Similar 

 to No. 736, but paler above, whiter below. 



Range. — "Eastern and central Texas (Bee, Victoria. Cook, and 

 Concho Counties, etc.") (A. O. U.) 



737, Mexican Chickadee {Parus sdateri). Simi- 

 lar to No. 755, but sides broadly gray like back, black 

 more extended. Notes. A rapid, vigorous double- 

 noted whistle repeated three times, wholly unlike tliat 

 Of the Chickadee. 



Range. — Mountainous portions of the Mexican tableland north to 

 southern Arizona. 



630. Btack-capped Vireo {yireo atricapillus). L. 

 4.5. Jd. (^. Crown and cheeks shining black; lores 

 and eye-ring white; back olive-green; below white, 

 sides tinged with greenish yellow; two whitish wing- 

 bars. ' /Id, $, Similar, but black of head duller. 

 Yttg. "Top and sides of head dull grayish brown; 

 lores, orbital ring and lower parts dull buffy white or 

 palebuffy." (Ridgw.) Notes. "Of the general char- 

 acter of the White-eye or *^/;« type." (Bailey.) 



Range.— Breads In fentral and western Texas; north to southern 

 KansAs; winters In southern Mexico, 



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