BLACKTHROATS are the Song Sparrows of desert country. The throat-patch is conspicuous when the bird sings as the head is thrown well back. Mrs. Bailey says they have a most winsome manner quite at variance with the cheerless surroundings. Its tra-ree-rah, ree-rah-ree (with many variations) can be heard thruout our southwestern arid regions where it is the commonest bird.
Oklahoma, western Kansas and eastern Colorado south to Texas.
East central California, Nevada, Utah, southeastern Colorado to western Texas and Lower California.