PERCHING BIRDS 
567. Slate-colored Junco. Junco hy ema- 
ils hyemalis. 
Range. — North America east of the Plains, 
breeding in the northern tier of states and 
northward; winters in southern United States. 
This species is slaty gray 
on the head, neck, breast, 
flanks, back, wings and cen- 
tral tail feathers; the rest of 
the underparts are white, 
sharply defined against the 
gray. They migrate through 
the United States in large 
flocks, usually accompanied by White-throated 
or Fox Sparrows. They breed very abundantly 
in the northern parts of their range, frequently 
in the immediate vicinity of houses but gen- 
erally on the edges of clearings, etc., placing 
their nests on the ground and generally par- 
tially concealed by rocks, stumps, sods or logs; 
the nests are made of grasses, lined with hair, 
and the four or five eggs are white or greenish 
white, variously speckled with reddish brown 
either over the entire surface or in a wreath about the large end. Size .80 x .55. 
567a. Oregon Junco. Junco hyemalis oreganus. 
Range. — Pacific coast from California to Alaska, breeding north of the 
United States. 
This sub-species is entirely unlike the preceding, having a black head, neck, 
throat, breast, wings and tail, and brown back; the remainder of the underparts 
are white, washed with pinkish brown on the sides. The habits and nesting 
habits of this western Junco are the same as those of the eastern, the birds 
building in similar localities and making the nests of the same material. There 
appears to be little, if any, difference between the eggs of the two varieties. 
567b. Shufeldt’s Junco. Junco hyemalis counectens. 
Range. — Pacific coast breeding from Oregon to British 
Columbia and wintering south to the Mexican boundary. 
Said to be slightly larger and duller colored than the 
Oregon Junco; eggs the same. 
567c. Thurber’s Junco. Junco hyemalis thurberi. 
Range. — The Sierra Nevadas from Oregon to southern 
California. 
Similar to oreganus but paler and back more pinkish; 
eggs will not differ. 
567d. Point Pinos Junco. Junco hyemalis pinosus. 
Range. — -A very locally confined variety breeding in pine 
woods of southwestern California, about Monterey and 
Santa Cruz. 
Similar to thurberi with the head and neck slaty instead 
of black. 
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