. 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; 1887. 3G4 SYSTEMATIC SYNOPSIS. â rASSJ^^EESâ OSCINES. culnion louj^. No yoll()\yish ovor ovo or mi oduc uf wiiii; ; im cviilont moilian stripo on criiwn. Briiwuis
. 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; 1887. 3G4 SYSTEMATIC SYNOPSIS. â rASSJ^^EESâ OSCINES. culnion louj^. No yoll()\yish ovor ovo or mi oduc uf wiiii; ; im cviilont moilian stripo on criiwn. Briiwuish-gray, obsoletely stR'ak<'il w'uh il:irk liiin\-ii, iiuist iiutiocalilc on crown and iiiiildle of back; entire under parls dnll wliite, continently streaked with cU'ar brown every- wliere except on throat, middle ol' l)elly, and crissnni. Wings and tail dnsky-i^ray, the rectrices with paler edt;-es, the [iriniaries with whitish edi;es, the winy--coverts and secondaries broailly edged and tipped with grayisli-bay. An idiscnre \; hitish superciliary line. Jiill light brown, nnder nnmdible paler or yellowish ; legs pale. Lenglh 5.^5 ; whig (l-'~'.7r) ; tail "). l\icific coast, U. S., especially California.; a. cnrions s]iecies, conunon, maritime, rejiresenting, with var. diitliiniis, the AiiDiiodndiii in the marshes of the seashore. 331. r. s»tta'tus. (Lat. guttatus, spotted; giillK, a drop.) St. Li (As S.\v.\nn.\ Sparkciw. l)ill shaped as in iv^tratKH, relativ(dy as stent, bnt smaller ; cnlmen (') ; depth at base '). Bird snniller : pattern of coloration the sanu^, bnt toni^ darker; streaking of the under ]iarts sharper, heavier, and darker. Instead of tln^ light brownish-gray of ;itii.'i the upper parts are here dark, almost idivaceous, brown, so that the dark streaking of the crown and inter- scapulars is less noticeabk'. The same difference (d)aracterizes tlu' under parts. t\ipe St. Lucas. Obs. There is a. sparrow of the L. Cala. (Julf coa
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