=526. Brown-capped Leucosticte= (_Leucosticte australis_). Resembles No. 524, but little or no gray on hindhead, the black of forehead passing gradually into brown of nape and back.
Range.--Breeds in mountains of Colorado at about 12000 feet altitude, winters at lower altitudes and south to New Mexico.
=599. Lazuli Bunting= (_Cyanospiza amÅna_). L. 5.5. _Ad._ [Male]. Two white wing-bars; breast cinnamon, throat and upperparts light blue; back blacker. In winter more or less tipped with rusty. _Ad._ [Female]. Middle wing-coverts _tipped_ with _whitish_; above grayish brown with generally a blue tinge, strongest on rump and lesser wing-coverts; below whitish, breast buff. _Yng._ Like [Female], but browner, no blue. _Notes._ Suggest those of the Indigo Bunting.
Range.--Western United States, east to western Kansas; breeds north to Montana and British Columbia; winters in Mexico.
=600. Varied Bunting= (_Cyanospiza versicolor_). L. 5.5. _Ad._ [Male]. Reddish purple, crown and rump blue, nape red. _Ad._ [Female]. Above brownish gray; below whitish washed with buff; a slight tinge of blue on rump, wings and tail. Much like [Female] of No. 598, but less brown above and no streaks below. _Yng._ Resemble [Female].
Range.--Mexico; breeding north to southern Texas and southern Arizona; winters south of United States.
=600a. Beautiful Bunting= (_C. v. pulchra_). Similar to No. 600, but slightly smaller, rump more purple, throat with less red.
=601. Painted Bunting; Nonpareil= (_Cyanospiza ciris_). L. 5.4. _Ad._ [Male]. Below red, rump duller, back green, head dark blue. _Ad._ [Female]. _Bright_, shining olive-green above; greenish yellow below. _Yng._ [Male]. Like [Female]; second year variously intermediate between Ad. [Male] and [Female]. _Notes._ Resemble those of the Indigo Bunting but possess less volume.
Range.--Southern United States; breeds north to North Carolina, southern Illinois, and Kansas, and west to southern Arizona; winters in Mexico and Central America.
=654. Black-throated Blue Warbler= (_Dendroica cærulescens_). L. 5.2. A white patch or spot at base of primaries. _Ad._ [Male]. Throat and sides black; belly white; above dark grayish blue; outer tail-feathers with white. _Ad._ [Female]. Grayish olive-green; below yellowish white; a narrow white line over eye; white wing-patch small, sometimes barely showing above coverts; tail with a bluish tinge. _Yng._ [Male]. Like _Ad._ [Female], but greenish above; black areas smaller and tipped with whitish. _Notes._ Call, a sharp, characteristic _chip_; song, usually, _zwee-zwee-zwee_ in an ascending scale.