. Key to North American birds. Containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary, inclusive of Greenland and Lower California, with which are incorporated General ornithology: an outline of the structure and classification of birds; and Field ornithology, a manual of collecting, preparing, and preserving birds. Birds; Birds. 334 SYSTEMATIC SYNOPSIS. —PASSEBES— 08CINES. *79. 180. 182. V. s. plum'beus. (Lat. plumbeus, lead-colored. Fig. 197.) Plumbeous GtRBenlet. Leaden-gray, rather br
. Key to North American birds. Containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary, inclusive of Greenland and Lower California, with which are incorporated General ornithology: an outline of the structure and classification of birds; and Field ornithology, a manual of collecting, preparing, and preserving birds. Birds; Birds. 334 SYSTEMATIC SYNOPSIS. —PASSEBES— 08CINES. *79. 180. 182. V. s. plum'beus. (Lat. plumbeus, lead-colored. Fig. 197.) Plumbeous GtRBenlet. Leaden-gray, rather bright'er and more ashy on the crown, but without marked contrast, faintly glossed with olive on rump; a conspicuous white line from nostril to and around eye, and below this a dusky loral stripe; below, pure white, sides of neck and breast shaded with the color of the back, flanks, axillars and crissum with a mere trace of olivaceous, or none; wings and tail dusky, with con- spicuous pure white edgings and cross-bars. Size of soUtarius or larger. Length ; extent ; wing ; FIG. , nat. size. (From Balrd.) ^^jj ggQ . ^jy q^q . ^^^.^^^ q gg . ^.^^^^ ^^^ the same; spurious quill exposed about , i as long as the 2d quill. Central Plains to the Pacific, U. S., and especially Southern Rocky Mts., where it is abundant. A large stout species, a near ally of solita/rius, but nearly all the olivaceous of that species replaced by plumbeous, and the yellowish by white, so that it is a very different-looking bird. Fall specimens, however, are more olivaceous, and the bird evidently grades closely up to soUtarius. V. vici'niop. (Lat. vicinus, neighboring.) Geay G-reenlet. With the general appearance of a small faded specimen of plwmbeus: leaden-gray, faintly oUvaceous on the rump, below white, with hardly a trace of yellowish on the sides; wings and taU hardly edged with white ; no markings about head except a whitish eye-ring. Length ; e
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