. Review of American birds in the Museum of the Smithsonian Instution. [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. TERETRI8TIS. 235 TeretristiM fornsii. Teretristis fornsii, Qundlach, Ann. N. Y. Lye. VI, Feb. 1858 (eastern Cuba).—Ib. Cab. Jour. 1861, 326 (Cuba; vury common). Hah. Eastern Cuba. Entire upper parta light as) y. Beneath, including lores, ocular region, and a narrow line above it, ears, and edge of the wing, yellow, sharply defined ; the sides of body, anal region to crissum and tibiae, light dull ash. Inside of wings white. Bill and logs dark plumbeoun. Length, ; winj,; ; tail, ;
. Review of American birds in the Museum of the Smithsonian Instution. [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. TERETRI8TIS. 235 TeretristiM fornsii. Teretristis fornsii, Qundlach, Ann. N. Y. Lye. VI, Feb. 1858 (eastern Cuba).—Ib. Cab. Jour. 1861, 326 (Cuba; vury common). Hah. Eastern Cuba. Entire upper parta light as) y. Beneath, including lores, ocular region, and a narrow line above it, ears, and edge of the wing, yellow, sharply defined ; the sides of body, anal region to crissum and tibiae, light dull ash. Inside of wings white. Bill and logs dark plumbeoun. Length, ; winj,; ; tail, ; bill from gape, .60 ; tarsus, .73. No. 23,511 has a much broader bill than usual. In proportions this species resembles the fernandinse, but the two are easily distinguished by the color. In the former the head above is olive green, the yellow of under parts confined to throat; in fornsii the whole upper parts are uniform ashy, the yellow of under part extending over the breast and belly. Smith- Collec- Sex sonian, tor's and So. 1 No. Axe. 17,717 17,71S , , 2:i,.)n , , nJl2 33,076 ' * Locality. When CuUected. Moute Verde, Cuba. Cuba. Sept. 4, '61. Received from Chus. Wright. Br. J. Qundlach. Collected by Sdbfamily SETOPHAQIN.®. Sylvicoline birds with the characters of Flycatchers; the bill notched at tip, depressed and broad at the base, though quite deep; the rictus with well developed bristles reaching beyond the nostrils, sometimes to the end of the bill. First quill rather less than the 4th, or still shorter. Size of the species rarely exceeding six inches. Cvylors red, yellow, and olive. The species of this section resemble the small Flycatchers of the family Tyrannidae in the structure of the bill, etc., and in the habit of capturing insects more or less on the wing, though they are more restless in their movements, seeking their prey among trees, or in bushes, rapidly changing their place, instead of occupying a perch, and returning to it, after pursuing an insect thr
Size: 1284px × 1947px
Photo credit: © Library Book Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1870, booksubjectbirds, bookyear1872
