. Handbook of birds of eastern North America [microform] : with keys to the species and descriptions of their plumages, nests and eggs, their distribution and migrations and a brief account of their haunts and habits with introductory chapters on the study of ornithology, how to identify birds and howto collect and preserve birds, their nests, and eggs. Birds; Birds; Birds; Ornithology; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Oiseaux; Oiseaux; Ornithologie; Ornithologie. IJ''. 290 FINCHES, SPARROWS, ETC. white; back and rump streaked with Mack and ochraceous-buft"; lesser wing- coverts black, broadly tippe
. Handbook of birds of eastern North America [microform] : with keys to the species and descriptions of their plumages, nests and eggs, their distribution and migrations and a brief account of their haunts and habits with introductory chapters on the study of ornithology, how to identify birds and howto collect and preserve birds, their nests, and eggs. Birds; Birds; Birds; Ornithology; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Oiseaux; Oiseaux; Ornithologie; Ornithologie. IJ''. 290 FINCHES, SPARROWS, ETC. white; back and rump streaked with Mack and ochraceous-buft"; lesser wing- coverts black, broadly tipped with white; tail fuscous, the two outer t'eathera mostly white; nape and under parts odiraceous-butf. Ad. 9 in Hummer.— Upper parts black, the feathers nuirj,'ined and tipped with pale cream-butf; two outer tail-feathers mostly wliite; under parts pale cream-bulf; breast and sides sometimes lijjfhtly streaked with blackish. 6 in winter.—Similar to 9 in summer, but with the lesser wing-coverts black, tipped with white. L., 600; W., 3-75; T., 2-uO; B., -42. 7^a?; of arctic America (chiefly Mackenzie River Valley) in summer, breeding north to the arctic coast and upper Yukon Valley; south, in winter, over the Great Plains and prairies to Illinois, Te,\as, etc. Nesting., similar to that of the preceding. " Thoir habits are quite similar to those of wliile upon the ground. . When flushed they invariably uttered a sharp clicking note, rapidly repeated soveral times. When driven from their feeding place by my approach they would rise in a loose flock, and, after wheeling about a few times, start off in a direct line, gradually rising higher until they disappeared. After a short time their pecul- iar note would be heard, and, darting down from a considerable height, they would alight near the place from which they were driven " (Nelson). The Chestnut-collared Longspur {538. Calcariua ). a species of the Great Plains, has been recorded
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