Perching Birds Chiefly Gray, Black, or Black and White 



573. Blaok-thpoated Sparrow {Amphispi^a i>i!inf- 

 Ota). L. 5.3. j4di. Throat, upper breast, and front 

 of face black; a white stripe over eye and another at 

 the side of the throat; above grayish brown unstreaked; 

 outfir web of outer tail-feather white, except at tip; at 

 least half an inch of tip of inner web white. Notes, 

 Song, siinple but sweet, three ascending and three 

 descending notes. 



Ranee.— .vildaieanaeastern Texas (exceptalonecQast?). north to 

 Oklahoma and western Kansas; winters from central Texas south into 

 nontieaatem Mexico, 



573a. Desert Sparrow {A. h. dese.rticola'). Similar 

 to No. 573, but above grayer, the white tip to outer 

 tail-feather less than half an inch long. 



Range. — Western United States and northern Mexico, from western 

 Texas to southeastern California; breeds norlh fo soutliern Colorado, 

 ana western Nevada; winters south into Mexico. 



602. Morellet Seed-eater {^porophila marelleti). 

 L. 4.6. Ad. <^. Entire upperparts, cheeks, tail, 

 wings and breast-band black; bases of wing-feathers, 

 tips to coverts and underparts, except breast-band, 

 whitish. Ad. ?. Above grayish brown, below uni- 

 form buffy, Yiig. t^. Variously intermediate be- 

 tween Ad. (^ and Ad. (^. At least two years evident- 

 ly required to reach mature plumage. 



Range,— Easi-rn Mexico, norih 10 southeastern Texas. 



636. Black and White Warbler {Mmoiilta varia). 

 L. 5.;, Ad. (f. Above streaked black and white; 

 throat black or white; belly white; sides streaked 

 hiack and white. Ad. ¥• Less black; whiter below; 

 throat always white. NoUs, Song, a thin, wiry, 

 see-see-see-see. 



Range. — Eastern No rtti America; breeds trom Virginia, Louisiana, 

 and northern Texas, north (o Hudson Bay region; winters from Gulf 

 Sidles soulti to northern South America; accidental in California. 



661. Black-poll Warbler {Dendrotca striata). L. 

 5,6. Ad. ^- Crown black, cheeks white; back sireaked, 

 gray and black; below white streaked with black; 

 wing-bars and tail-spots white. Ad. ?. No black 

 cap; above olive-green streaked with black. Yng. and 

 Ad. in winter. Above olive-green lightly streaked with 

 bl.ick; h<t\ow yello-wish white; breast obscurely stre.iked. 

 Notes. Song, a slender, wiry tre^-iree-tree-tree-tree-tree- 

 tree-trte, rapidly uttered. (Lingille.) 



Rang-a.— Eastern North America, ".'est ti> ihe Rockies; breeds from 

 nonhern New Eiiglar'd, n,ir\hern Neu; Vi.rli, northern MicMg-an. and 

 ColoraQo, north 10 Labrador and Alaska; winters In WcSt Indies and 

 northern South America. 



665. Black-throated Gray Warbler {Dendroica m'g- 

 rescens). L, 5, Ad. (J*. Crown, cheeks and throat 



black, a white stripe at sides ot throat, a yellow line 

 before eye; back gray streaked with black; wing-bars 

 and tail-patches white. Ad. 9- Similar, but crown 

 not always wholly black. Yne. Above washed with 

 brownish, black areas tipped with white. Nates. 

 Song, jee-ee-tee-ee, «, ^e, {<?, with the quality of the 

 song oi Dendroica virens or D. aerulescens. 



Range.— Western United States; breeds In mountains from Arizona 

 ana northern Lower California, north to Colorado and Vancouver 

 Island; winters In Mexico. 



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