[Illustration: 719.]
=719. Bewick Wren= (_Thryomanes bewickii_). L. 5; W. 2.2; T. 2.1.
_Ads._ Above rich, dark cinnamon-brown, tail grayer; below grayish
white; all but middle pair of tail-feathers _black_, outer ones
barred, others tipped with grayish. _Notes._ Call, "a soft, low,
_plit_;" song, strongly suggesting that of Song Sparrow.
Range.--Mississippi Valley west to the Plains, north to Lat. 40A deg., east
to Alleghanies and locally to Atlantic States from southern New Jersey
to Georgia.
=719a. Vigors Wren= (_T. b. spilurus_). Similar to No. 719, but
smaller, W. 2; upperparts less cinnamon or reddish.
Range.--California, west of Sierra Nevada and south to Santa Cruz
Island. (Bailey.)
=719b. Baird Wren= (_T. b. leucogaster_). Similar to No. 719c,
but upperparts grayer.
Range.--"Western Texas to southeastern California, and from southern
Nevada Utah, and Colorado south over tablelands of Mexico to
Zacatecas." (Bailey.)
=719c. Texas Bewick Wren= (_T. b. cryptus_). Similar to No. 719, but
grayer, brown of upperparts not so rich; slightly larger, W. 2.3.
Range.--"Texas, except the extreme western corner, states of Nuevo
Leon and Tamaulipas, in Mexico, with probably Kansas, Indian Territory
and Oklahoma; migratory north of Texas." (Oberholser.)
=719d. Southwest Bewick Wren= (_T. b. charienturus_). Similar to
No. 719b but flanks and upper surface darker, eye-stripe rather
broader, under tail-coverts more heavily barred, wing shorter, 2.
(Oberholser.)
Range.--Coast region of southern California, north to about Pasadena,
south to Lat. 28A deg., Lower California, Santa Catalina Island; resident.
(Oberholser.)
=729e. Northwest Bewick Wren= (_T. b. calophonus_). Similar to
No. 719a, but bill larger, upper surface usually rather deeper and
richer brown, flanks somewhat more rufescent; W. 2.1; B. .6.
(Oberholser.)
Range.--Pacific slope from Oregon north to southern Vancouver Island,
valley of the Fraser River, and slightly farther along the mainland
coast; probably resident. (Oberholser.)
=719.1. San Clemente Wren= (_Thryomanes leucophrys_) Similar to
No. 719d, but flanks and upperparts rather grayer and paler, bill
longer, under tail-coverts less heavily barred. (Oberholser.)
Range.--San Clemente Island, California.
=720. Guadalupe Wren= (_Thryomanes brevicauda_). L. 4.5; W. 1.9.
_Ads._ Resembling No. 719a, but rump with few or no concealed white
spots; tail dull grayish brown, narrowly and indistinctly barred with
dusky, two or three outer feathers with brownish gray tips. (Ridgw.)
Range.--Guadalupe Island, Lower California.
[Illustration: 721.]
=721. House Wren= (_Troglodytes aA"don_). L. 4.7; T. 1.7. _Ads._ Above
cinnamon brown, sometimes obscurely barred; tail the same, _all_ the
feathers barred; below grayish with a brownish wash, lower belly and
flanks usually more or less barred. _Notes._ Call, a scolding
_krrring_; song, a bubbling, rippling, irrepressible little melody.
Range.--Eastern North America; breeds north to Maine, Montreal, and
Manitoba; winters from South Carolina and the Lower Mississippi Valley
southward into Mexico.
=721a. Parkman Wren= (_T. a. parkmanii_). Similar to No. 721, but less
cinnamon above; intermediate in color between No. 721 and No. 721b.
Range.--Pacific coast; breeds from southern California north to
British Columbia; winters from southern California southward.
=721b. Western House Wren= (_T. a. aztecus_). Similar to No. 721, but
much grayer above and paler below; back more frequently barred.
Range.--Western United States from the Sierra Nevada east to the
Mississippi Valley; winters south into Lower California and Mexico.
[Illustration: 722.]
=722. Winter Wren= (_Olbiorchilus hiemalis_). L. 4; T. 1.2. _Ads._
Above cinnamon, much brighter than in No. 721; below pale cinnamon,
sides and belly heavily barred with blackish. _Notes._ Call,
_chimp-chimp_, resembling call of Song Sparrow; song, tinkling,
rippling, full of trills, runs and grace notes. (Bailey.)
Range.--Eastern North America; breeds from northern New England and
northern New York northward, and southward along the Alleghanies to
North Carolina; winters from Massachusetts and Illinois to Florida.
=722a. Western Winter Wren= (_O. h. pacificus_). Similar to No. 722,
but much deeper colored both above and below, and more heavily barred.
Range.--Breeds on the Pacific coast from southern California north to
Alaska; east to Idaho; winters south into Mexico.
=722b. Kadiak Winter Wren= (_O. h. helleri_). Slightly larger and
paler than No. 722a. (Osgood.)
Range.--Kadiak Island, Alaska.
=723. Alaskan Wren= (_Olbiorchilus alascensis_). Resembling No. 722a,
but paler and larger, W. 2.1, B. .6.
Range--Breeds on Kadiak Island, Alaska; winter range unknown.
=723.1. Aleutian Wren= (_Olbiorchilus meligerus_). Similar to No. 723,
but darker, less reddish; rump and upper tail-coverts more evidently
barred; bars on belly heavier. (Oberholser.)
Range.--"Westernmost part of the Aleutian group, Alaska."
(Oberholser.)
=724. Short-billed Marsh Wren= (_Cistothorus stellaris_). L. 4;
T. 1.4; B. .4. _Ads._ _Crown_ and back streaked with whitish;
breast-band, sides and under tail-coverts rusty; wing-coverts tipped
with whitish. _Notes._ Call, like sound produced by striking two
pebbles together; song, _chap--chap--chap-chap_, _chap-chap-chap
p-p-rrr_. (Seton.) (See next page.)
Range.--Eastern North America, ranging west to Utah; breeds from the
Gulf States north to Massachusetts and Manitoba; winters from the Gulf
States southward.
[Illustration: 724.]
[Illustration: 725.]
=725. Long-billed Marsh Wren= (_Telmatodytes palustris_). L. 5.2;
T. 1.6; B. .5. _Ads._ Crown and foreback largely black, the latter
with white streaks; a white stripe over eye; rump cinnamon; below
white, sides washed with cinnamon; outer tail-feathers _black_,
broadly barred with pale cinnamon. _Notes._ Call, scolding, a
characteristic Wren-like _cacking_; song, a reedy, guttural, bubbling
trill often sung in flight.
Range.--Eastern North America west to the Rocky Mountains; breeds from
the Gulf States north to Massachusetts and Manitoba; winters locally
from Massachusetts, south into Mexico.
=725a. Tule Wren= (_T. p. paludicola_). Similar to No. 725, but upper
tail-coverts barred, middle tail-feathers more distinctly and broadly
barred; underparts usually browner.
Range.--Pacific coast; breeds from southern California to British
Columbia: winters from Washington to Guatemala.
=725b. Worthington Marsh Wren= (_T. p. griseus_). Similar to No. 725,
but with less black above; upperparts, sides and flanks pale grayish;
dark markings of under tail-coverts, flanks, sides and breast, faint,
confused and inconspicuous, sometimes practically wanting. (Brewster.)
Range.--Coast of South Carolina and Georgia.
=725c. Interior Tule Wren= (_T. p. plesius_). Similar to No. 725a,
but paler.
Range.--"Western United States, except the Pacific coast; north to
British Columbia and Alberta, east to the Rocky Mountains and Texas,
south into Mexico." (Oberholser.)
[Illustration: 725.1.]
=725.1. Marian Marsh Wren= (_Telmatodytes marianA|_). Similar to
No. 725, but upperparts darker; sides and flanks of about same color
as rump; under tail-coverts and sometimes breast barred or spotted
with black.
Range.--Gulf coast of Florida.
[Illustration: 726.]
=726. Brown Creeper= (_Certhia familiaris americana_). L. 5.6; B. .63.
Tail-feathers stiffened and pointed. _Ads._ Rump _rusty_; a _buffy
white_ band in the wing; back and crown streaked with whitish, black
and rusty; below white. _Notes._ Call, a faint, high, thin _tseep_;
song, "an exquisitely pure, tender song of four notes." (Brewster.)
Range.--Eastern North America: breeds from Maine and Minnesota
(casually Missouri) northward; winters from about the southern
breeding limits to the Gulf States.
=726a. Mexican Creeper= (_C. f. albescens_). Similar to No. 726, but
rump rich rusty brown, back black, crown _black_ streaked with white,
band in wing white.
Range.--Mexican plateau region north to southern Arizona.
=726b. Rocky Mountain Creeper= (_C. f. montana_). Similar to No. 726,
but bill longer, .7; band in wing averaging whiter.
Range.--Rocky Mountains from New Mexico and Arizona northward
to Alaska.
=726c. Californian Creeper= (_C. f. occidentalis_). Similar to
No. 726, but much rustier; prevailing color of upperparts yellowish
rusty.
Range.--Pacific coast; breeds from Santa Cruz Mountains, California,
northward to Alaska.
=726d. Sierra Creeper= (_C. f. zelotes_). Similar to No. 726c, but
colors more dusky and less rufescent; similar to No. 726b, but much
darker; light centers of feathers on head and back much reduced.
(Osgood.)
Range.--"Southern Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Sierra Nevada of
California." (Osgood.)
[Illustration: 756.]
=756. Wilson Thrush; Veery= (_Hylocichla fuscescens_). L. 7.5. _Ads._
Above, wings and tail, _uniform_ cinnamon brown; below white, sides
grayish, breast and throat buff rather faintly marked with triangular
spots the color of the back. _Notes._ Call, a clearly whistled
_wheA(C)-you_ and a softer _too-whee_; song, a weird, _spiral_ of blended
alto and soprano tones largely on one note.
Range.--Eastern North America; breeds from northern New Jersey, the
mountains of Pennsylvania, and northern Illinois north to Newfoundland
and Manitoba; winters in Central America.
=756a. Willow Thrush= (_H. f. salicicola_). Similar to No. 756, but
more olive above.
Range.--Rocky Mountains north to British Columbia, east to Dakota;
in migration, casually to Illinois and South Carolina; winters as
far south as southern Brazil.
[Illustration: 759.]
=759. Alaskan Hermit Thrush= (_Hylocichla guttata_), L. 6.5. W. 3.5;
tail _rufous_, _much_ brighter than back. _Ads._ Eye-ring whitish, not
deep buff; back olive-brown; breast tinged with buff and heavily
spotted with large, wedge-shaped marks.
Range.--Breeds in northwest coast region from British Columbia to
Alaska; in winter south to Mexico.
=759a. Audubon Hermit Thrush= (_H. g. auduboni_). Similar to No. 759,
but larger, W. 4; back grayer, tail paler, flanks less heavily washed
with gray.
Range.--Rocky Mountain region of United States south to Guatemala.
[Illustration: 759b.]
=759b. Hermit Thrush= (_H. g. pallasii_). Similar to No. 759, but back
and sides browner. _Notes._ Call, a low _chuck_; song, highly musical
and probably exceeding in spiritual quality that of any of our birds.
Range.--Eastern North America; breeds from Michigan, Alleghanies in
Pennsylvania, Catskills, higher mountains of Massachusetts (rarely at
sea level), north to Labrador; winters from New Jersey to Gulf States.
=759c. Dwarf Hermit Thrush= (_H. g. nana_). Similar to No. 759, but
smaller, W. 3.2, back slightly browner.
Range.--Pacific coast; breeds from Washington south through Sierra
Nevadas; east, in migrations, to Nevada and Arizona; south to Lower
California and western Mexico. (A.O.U.)
[Illustration: 757.]
=757. Gray-cheeked Thrush= (_Hylocichla aliciA|_). L. 7.5; W. 4. _Ads._
Tail and back the _same_ color, olive without brownish tinge; eye-ring
and lores _whitish_, cheeks and breast only _slightly_ tinged with
buff, breast with wedge-shaped spots. _Notes._ Doubtless like those of
No. 757a.
Range.--Breeds in Labrador and west to Alaska: migrates through
eastern North America and winters in Central America.
=757a. Bicknell Thrush= (_H. a. bicknelli_). Similar to No. 757, but
smaller, L. 7; W. 3.5. _Notes._ Calls, _pheu_ like that of Veery; a
low _cluck_ like that of Hermit Thrush, and rarely, a pip or _peenk_
like that of Olive-backed Thrush; song, like that of Veery but more
interrupted. (Brewster.)
Range.--Breeds in the high parts of the Catskills and north to White
Mountains and Nova Scotia; winters in tropics.
[Illustration: 758.]
=758. Russet-backed Thrush= (_Hylocichla ustulata_). L. 7.2; W. 4.
Tail _not_ decidedly more rufous than back. _Ads._ Eye-ring, cheeks,
sides of neck and breast _distinctly buffy_; breast with wedge-shaped
spots; back and _flanks_ olive-brown; tail slightly browner. The most
deeply colored bird of the _ustulata_ group.
Range.--Pacific coast; breeds from Oregon to Alaska; winters south
to Guatemala.
[Illustration: 758a.]
=758a. Olive-backed Thrush= (_H. u. swainsonii_). Similar to No. 758,
but back, tail, and flanks without brownish or rufescent tinge.
_Notes._ Call, a liquid _puit_; song, suggesting both that of Hermit
Thrush and the Veery.
Range.--Eastern North America; breeds in Alleghanies from Pennsylvania
and the Catskills, north to New Brunswick and Manitoba; winters in
Central and South America.
=758b. California Olive-backed Thrush= (_H. u. A"dica_). Differs from
758 and 758a, in more rufescent coloration on the flanks; sides and
upper surface usually paler than No. 758. (Oberholser.)
Range.--California, except north coast; north in interior to southern
Oregon; south, in winter to Arizona and southern Mexico. (Oberholser.)
=758c. Alma Thrush= (_H. u. almA|_). Similar to No. 758a, but back and
flanks grayer. The palest bird of the _ustulata_ group.
Range.--Alaska, except Yukon Basin, south in Rocky Mountain region,
and west to Utah and eastern Nevada. (A.O.U.)
Perching Birds Chiefly Gray, Black, or Black and White
GRAY-HEADED JUNCOS.
=566. White-winged Junco= (_Junco aikeni_). L. 6.5; W. 3.30. _Ads._
Resembling No. 567, but larger, paler, wings generally with two white
bars; _three_ outer tail-feathers mostly or entirely white; fourth
partly white.
Range.--Breeds in Wyoming and western North Dakota; winters in
Colorado, western Kansas, casually to Indiana and Wisconsin. (Ridgw.)
[Illustration: 567.]
=567. Slate-colored Junco= (_Junco hyemalis_). L. 6.2. W. 3. _Ad._
[Male], _summer_. Head and back gray, the crown sometimes slightly
darker, the feathers usually more or less tipped with brownish; breast
and sides _gray_; belly white; third outer tail-feather with white.
_Ad._ [Female], _summer_. Similar, but brown wash stronger. _Ads.,
winter._ Brown tips to feathers longer, sides sometimes brownish.
_Notes._ Calls, a sharp, kissing note and a rapid _chew-chew-chew_,
song, a simple, twittering trill.
Range.--Eastern North America, breeds from northern New England,
northern New York, and northern Minnesota north to Labrador and
northwest to Alaska; and southward along the Alleghanies to
Pennsylvania; winters south to the Gulf States.
=567e. Carolina Junco= (_J. h. carolinensis_). Similar to No. 567, but
slightly larger, W. 3.2, the upperparts and breast uniform slate-gray
_without_ a brownish wash the bill horn color.
Range.--Alleghanies from Virginia to Georgia.
[Illustration: 568.]
=568. Pink-sided Junco= (_Junco mearnsi_). L. 6.2. _Ad._ [Male],
_summer_. Sides _broadly_ brownish pink, center of belly white; breast
pale slate-gray, crown darker, back washed with brownish. _Ad._
[Female] in _summer_. Similar to the [Male], but with less pink on
sides, the crown washed with gray. _Ads. winter._ Similar to summer
Ads., but with more brownish.
Range.--Breeds in southern Idaho and south-central Montana; winters
south through Wyoming and Colorado to northern Mexico.
=567.1 Montana Junco= (_Junco montanus_). Similar to No. 568, but with
less pink on the sides, the throat and breast darker slate.
Range.--Breeding from northwestern Montana and northern Idaho north to
northwest Territory and Alberta; in winter south to Mexico, east more
or less irregularly to the Mississippi, Massachusetts, and Maryland.
(Ridgw.)
[Illustration: 571.]
=571. Baird Junco= (_Junco bairdi_). Back and sides rusty cinnamon,
head gray, throat and breast grayish white, belly white.
Range.--Cape Region of Lower California.
[Illustration: 572.]
=572. Guadalupe Junco= (_Junco insularis_). Similar to mearnsi but
smaller, W. 2.7, bill longer, head and breast darker.
Range.--Guadalupe Island, Lower California.
=571.1. Townsend Junco= (_Junco townsendi_). Similar to No. 567.1, but
with the back grayer, the brownish wash much reduced.
Range.--San Pedro Martir Mountains, northern Lower California.
GRAY-HEADED, BROWN-BACKED JUNCOS.
[Illustration: 569.]
=569. Gray-headed Junco= (_Junco caniceps_). L. 6.5; W. 3.2; T. 2.9.
_Ads._ Head, breast and _sides_ gray; back reddish brown; _no_ reddish
brown on wings; three outer tail-feathers with white; _upper_ and
lower mandibles pinkish.
Range.--Breeds in mountains of southern Wyoming, Colorado, Utah,
Nevada, and northern New Mexico. (Ridgw.)
=570. Arizona Junco= (_Junco phA|onotus palliatus_). L. 6.5; W. 3.2;
T. 2.9. _Ads._ Head gray; underparts _grayish white_; back, and to a
greater or less extent, _wing-coverts_ and _tertials_, reddish brown;
three outer tail-feathers with white; iris _yellow_; upper mandible
blackish, lower _yellowish_. _Notes._ Calls, resemble those of No.
567; song suggests that of Song Sparrow.
Range.--Breeds in mountains of southern Arizona and southward.
[Illustration: 570a.]
=570a. Red-backed Junco= (_Junco dorsalis_) L. 6.7; W. 3.3; T. 3.
_Ads._ Head gray; underparts _grayish white_; back reddish brown;
_no_ reddish brown on wings; three outer tail-feathers with white;
upper mandible blackish, lower _flesh-color_; iris "brown."
Range.--Breeds on high mountains of New Mexico and central Arizona;
winters south to northern Mexico and western Texas.
BLACK-HEADED JUNCOS.
[Illustration: 567a.]
=567a. Oregon Junco= (_Junco oreganus_). L. 6.2; W. 3. _Ad._ [Male],
_summer_. Head, neck, throat and breast black sharply defined from the
mahogany brown back, third outer tail-feather with little or no white;
sides washed with pinkish brown. _Ad._ [Female], _summer_. Head and
breast grayer, back paler. _Ads. winter._ Back deeper, the head and
neck more or less tipped with brown, the breast with gray, these areas
less sharply defined from the back and belly.
Range.--Pacific coast; breeds from northern British Columbia to
Alaska; winters south to California.
=--Shufeldt Junco= (_J. o. shufeldti_). Similar to No. 567a, but
larger, W. 3.1, brown of back less intense.
Range.--Pacific coast; breeds from Oregon north to British Columbia
(and eastward in humid regions to Montana?); winters south to northern
Mexico.
=567b. Coues Junco= (_J. o. connectens_). Similar to _shufeldti_, but
back paler, brownish gray, breast grayer, sides with less pinkish
brown, head and breast still sharply defined from adjacent areas.
Range.--Breeds in the interior of British Columbia and probably in
arid districts southward (breeding areas not definitely known);
winters southward doubtless to Mexican boundary.
[Illustration: 567c.]
=567c. Thurber Junco= (_J. o. thurberi_). Similar to No. 567, but back
much paler, a bright pinkish brown; head and breast black as in
No. 567.
Range.--Breeds in mountains from southern Oregon south to southern
California; east to western Nevada.
=567d. Point Pinos Junco= (_J. o. pinosus_). Similar to No. 567c, but
throat and breast slate-color.
Range.--Santa Cruz district of California; breeds from King Mountain,
south at least to Point Sur, County; wanders eastward in winter into
Santa Clara and San Benito Valleys. (Grinnell.)
=733. Plain Titmouse= (_BA|olophus inornatus_). L. 5.5. _Ads._ Head
crested; above grayish _brown_; below grayish _white_, belly white,
sides often buffy. _Notes._ Similar to those of the Tufted Titmouse,
but weaker and less varied. (Ridgw.)
Range.--California, west of the Sierra; north to Oregon.
[Illustration: 733a.]
=733a. Gray Titmouse= (_B. i. griseus_). Similar to No. 733, but above
_gray_, below whitish _gray_, no buff on sides.
Range.--Southwestern United States: from southeastern California and
Nevada to Colorado and New Mexico.
=733b. Ashy Titmouse= (_B. i. cineraceus_). Similar to No. 733a, but
underparts grayish _white_, not whitish _gray_.
Range.--Cape Region of Lower California.
=743. Bush-Tit= (_Psaltriparus minimus_). L, 4.2; T. 2.1. _Ads._ Crown
_sooty_ brown; back grayish brown; below brownish white, sides darker.
Range.--Pacific coast from northern California to Washington.
[Illustration: 743a.]
=743a. California Bush-Tit= (_P. m. californicus_). Similar to No.
743, but crown much lighter, brighter brown, quite different from the
brownish gray back; underparts paler. _Notes._ When feeding, a faint
_tsit_, _tsit_, _tsit_, _tsit_, when moving about, _tsit_, _tsit_,
_tsit_, _sre-e-e-e_; _tsit_, sre-e-e-e; when a bird is separated from
its companions, same as last but uttered more hurriedly; alarm note, a
greatly intensified _tsit''_; _tsit'_; _tsit'_; _tsit'_: in
presence of Hawk or Owl a shrill, quavering trill, _sre-e-e-e-e-e_.
(Grinnell.)
Range.--California, except the north coast region.
=743b. Grinda Bush-Tit= (_P. m. grindA|_). Similar to No. 743, but back
bluish ash-gray. (Ridgw.)
Range.--Cape Region of Lower California.
[Illustration: 744.]
=744. Lead-colored Bush-Tit= (_Psaltriparus plumbeus_). L. 4.5. _Ads._
_Crown_ and back bluish gray, sides of head brownish; below dingy
white with a buffy tint on belly.
Range.--Western United States from eastern Oregon and eastern
California east to Wyoming, Colorado, and western Texas.
=744.1. Santa Rita Bush-Tit= (_Psaltriparus santaritA|_). Similar to
No. 744, but smaller, sides of head paler, male with a more or less
distinct blackish line along sides of head as in female of No. 745.
(Ridgw.) (Now considered the same as 745.)
Range.--Santa Rita Mountains, southern Arizona.
[Illustration: 745.]
=745. Lloyd Bush-Tit= (_Psaltriparus lloydi_). L. 4.2. _Ad._ [Male].
Sides of head shining black, crown blue-gray, back browner; chin
blackish, underparts whitish, the belly and sides buffy. _Ad._
[Female]. Sides of head brownish, ear-coverts bordered above by a
narrow black line; no black on chin. _Yng._ Similar to [Female], but
no black in head.
Range.--"Mountains of western Texas, between the Pecos and Rio Grande
Rivers" (Sennett), south into Mexico.
[Illustration: 731.]
=731. Tufted Titmouse= (_BA|olophus bicolor_). L. 6. _Ads._ Head
crested; forehead _black_; above gray; below whitish, sides rusty.
_Notes._ A clearly whistled _pA(C)to_, _pA(C)to_, and a hoarse _de-de-de_.
Range.--Eastern United States; resident from the Gulf States north to
northern New Jersey and southern Iowa; straying somewhat further north
in summer after breeding.
=731a. Texan Tufted Titmouse= (_B. b. texensis_). Similar to No. 731,
but forehead rusty, upperparts paler.
Range.--Southeastern Texas.
[Illustration: 732.]
=732. Black-crested Titmouse= (_BA|olophus atricristatus_). L. 6.1.
_Ads._ Head with a _black_ crest; forehead white or tinged with rusty;
back gray; below whitish, sides rusty. _Notes._ An abbreviation of the
call of No. 731, _pete-pete-pete-pete_. (Bailey.)
Range.--"From southeastern Texas west to El Paso, south to eastern
Mexico." (Bailey.)
=751. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher= (_Polioptila cA|rulea_). L. 4.5; T. 2.
Outer tail-feathers with white, white tip of next to outer one at
least 1.00 long. _Ad._ [Male]. Above bluish gray, forehead narrowly
black; below grayish white. _Ad._ [Female]. Similar, but lighter gray;
no black on forehead. _Notes._ Call, a twanging _ting_; song, sweet
and varied but of small volume.
Range.--Eastern United States, west to Colorado; breeds from the Gulf
States north to southern New Jersey, and Ontario; wanders casually as
far north as Maine and Minnesota; winters from the Gulf States
southward.