Perching- Birds Cliiefly Gray, Black, or Black and White 



'62 [ . Northfirn Shrike (Lanius horealis). L. 102. 

 Lores grayish, Jds. Above bluish gray; tail 

 black, outer featers lipped- with white; below white, 

 usually with wavy bars. Yng. Above washed with 

 brown; below more distinctly and more heavijy barred 

 Nolgs. Song, not unli^re that of the Brown Thrasher 

 but more disconnected, less loud. 



Range. — Norih America; breeds from Labrador to Alaska; winter? 

 south, irregulaily, lo Virgltib, Kansas, Arizona, and California. 



622. Loggerhead Shrike {Lanius ludovicianKs). 

 9. Loresblack. Jds. Underparts whiteiuriioM(bars; 

 above bluish gray; rump and upper tail-coverts little if 

 any paler; tail black, outer feathers tipped with white. 

 Yng. Underparts, head, and rump more or less nar- 

 rowly barred. Noiss. Call, harsh and discordant; 

 song, a series of Kuttural gurgles, squeaky whistles. 



K.inge.— Eastern United States; breeds from Florida to Vireinla; 

 In Mississippi Valley, northeast 10 western Pennsylvania, central and 

 nortnern New York, Massachusetts, western New Hampshire. Maine, 

 a'ld British Columbia; migrates down Atlantic Stales, as weii as Mis- 

 sissippi Valley, and winters in ^outliern States. 



622a. White-rumped Shrike (£. I. excubitorides) . 

 Similar to No. 622, but paler above, rump and upper 

 tail-cuverts whiter: bill less deep. 



Range. "Western North America, from eastern border of the Plains 

 to the Pacific, except ceast of California, and from Manitoba and the 

 Plains of the Saskatchewan south over tablelands of Mexico." 



622b. California Shrike (I. I. gambdi). Similar 

 to No. 622, but rump paler, breast usually with indis- 

 tinct wavy bars and tinged with brownish. 



Range.— Pacific coast, fromLower California to Brltlsli Columbia. 

 622c. Island Shrike (Z.. /. antbonyi). Similar to 

 No. 622b, but darker and smaller, W. 3.7. 



Range. — Santa Barbara Islands. Caiifurnla. 



703. Mockingbird {Mimus polyglottos), L. 10.5. 

 Ads. Above ashy gray; below soued whitish; outer 

 tail-feathers with white; wing-coverts narrowly tipped 

 with white; primaries white basally. Notes. Call, a 

 harsh, kif^sing note; song indescribable. 



Range. — Southeastern United States and Bahamas, west to norlh- 

 eaMern Texas; breeds north to southern New Jersey (rarely 

 Massachusetts), and soutfiem Illinois; winters from Virginia arid 

 lower Mississippi Valley southward. 



7P3a. Western Mockingbird [M. p. Imcoptsms), 

 Similar to No, 703, but with a very slight brownish 

 tinge brlow and white areas in wing averaging larger. 



Range. — Southwestern United States and northern Mexico fium 

 India [iTeirituTy and eastern Texas west to California. 



765. ^NhviaXear {Saxicola- cenanthe) . L. 6; W. ^7' 

 Ad. (J". Back gray, upper tail-coverts and base of 

 tail white; below white more or less washed with buff. 

 Ad. 9. Browner above and below, no black through 

 eye. Ads. in winter and Yng. Similar to ? , but JnnJ- 

 mon brown above, cinnamon below. 



Ranee. — Asia; miRratineIn summer to Aiaslta. 

 765a. Greenland Whcatoar {S. ee. leucorhoa). Sim- 

 ilar to No. 765, but larger, W. 4. 



Range.— Western Europe; breeds in Greenland and on adjoining 

 [tia/r.Iand; rarely soultl to St. Lawrence; casually to Louisiana. 



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