PERCHING BIRDS 
571. Baird’s Junco. Junco bairdi. 
Range. — Southern Lower California. 
This gray headed species with rusty back 
and sides is locally confined to the southern 
parts of the California peninsula where it is 
resident. Its eggs are not likely to differ from 
those of the Pink-sided Junco which it most 
nearly resembles. 
567i. Townsend’s Junco. Junco hyemalis 
townsendi. 
Range. — Mountains of northern Lower Cali- 
fornia; resident and breeding. Similar to the 
Pink-sided Junco but duller colored; eggs prob- 
ably the same. 
572. Quadalupe Junco. Junco insularis. 
Range. — Guadalupe Island off Lower Cali- 
fornia. 
Resembles the Pink-sided Junco but is smaller, darker and duller colored. 
They are common on the island where they nest in the pine groves, laying their 
first sets in February or March. The nests are like those of the genus and the 
eggs are greenish white, finely dotted with reddish brown at the large end. 
Size .77 x .60. 
573. Black-throated Sparrow. J mpliu piza bilineata bilineata. 
Range. — Breeds from central Texas to Kansas; winters in southern Texas 
and Mexico. 
This species is grayish brown above, with black throat, white 
superciliary and line on side of throat. This is a common 
species that nests on the ground or at low elevations in bushes, 
making their nests of weed stems and grasses. The three to five 
ite, unmarked and similar to those of the 
Bluebird but smaller. Size .72 x .55. 
573a. Desert Sparrow. Amphispiza 
bilineata deserticola. 
Range.— Southwestern United States from western Texas 
to southern California, and north to Colorado and Nevada; 
winters in Mexico. 
Like the last but paler above. An abundant bird among 
the foothills and on plains throughout its range. Found 
generally in sage brush and thickets where it nests in 
bushes or on the ground laying three or four bluish white 
eggs like those of the last. 
57L Bell’s Sparrow. Amphispiza belli. 
Range. — Southern half of California and southward. 
These grayish, black and white birds are abundant in 
sage brush and thickets, nesting on the ground or at low 
elevations in bushes, and during May or June, laying from 
three to four eggs of a pale greenish white color, spotted 
and blotched with reddish brown and purplish. Size .75 
x .60. 
Bluish white 
Black-throated Sparrow 
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