. A popular handbook of the birds of Canada and the United States [microform]. Oiseaux; Birds. â RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD. ACELAIVS PHCENICEUS. Chak. Male: black; lesser wing-coverts vermilion, bordered with buff. Female: above, blackish brown streaked with paler and grayish; lower parts dusky white streaked with reddish brown; sometimes wing- coverts have a reddish tinge. Young like female, but colors deeper. Length j}i to to inches. JVett. In a tuft of grass or on a bush; composed of grass, leaves, and mud, lined with soft grass, Egp. j-5 J color varies from bluish white to greenish blue, blotch
. A popular handbook of the birds of Canada and the United States [microform]. Oiseaux; Birds. â RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD. ACELAIVS PHCENICEUS. Chak. Male: black; lesser wing-coverts vermilion, bordered with buff. Female: above, blackish brown streaked with paler and grayish; lower parts dusky white streaked with reddish brown; sometimes wing- coverts have a reddish tinge. Young like female, but colors deeper. Length j}i to to inches. JVett. In a tuft of grass or on a bush; composed of grass, leaves, and mud, lined with soft grass, Egp. j-5 J color varies from bluish white to greenish blue, blotched, streaked, and spotted with lilac and dark brown; size variable, average about X -90. The Red-Winged Troopial in summer inhabits the whole of North America from Nova Scotia to Mexico, and is found in the interior from the 53d degree across the whole continent to the shores of the Pacific and along the coast as far as Cali- fornia. They are migratory north of Maryland, but pass the winter and summer in great numbers in all the Southern States, frequenting chiefly the settlements and rice and com fields; towards the sea-coast, where they move about like blackening clouds, rising suddenly at times with a noise like thunder, and exhibiting amidst the broad shadows of their iimereal plumage the bright flashing of the vermilion with which their wings are so singularly decorated. After whirling and waving a little distance like the Starling, they descend as a torrent, and, dark-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Nuttall, Thomas, 1786-1859; Chamberlain, Montague, 1844-1924. Toronto : Musson
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