. 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 . t species, inhabitingcopses and shrubbery in open country, with much the same sprightly ways and loud song asthose of noveboracensis. Nest in bushes; eggs X v. b pusillu
. 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 . t species, inhabitingcopses and shrubbery in open country, with much the same sprightly ways and loud song asthose of noveboracensis. Nest in bushes; eggs X v. b pusillus. (Lat. 2»isillus, puerile, petty. Fig. 230.) Least Greenlet. Olivaceous-gray, below white, merely tinged with yellowish on sides; head-markings obscure; wing-bands and edgings, though evident, nar row and whitish ; no decided olive or yel-low anywhere. Size of belli; wing andtail of equal lengths, little over ; ; tarsus ; middle toe and ; spurious quill about ^ as long as 2d,which is intermediate between 7th and8th. A small, obscure-looking bird, re-sembling belli, but much grayer, tail relatively longeshorter. Questionably right to reduce this to a subspecies of belli, for the difference is obvi-ous at a glance, and more decided than that separating most of the subspecies. It has heldspecific rank in all previous editions df tlif Key. Arizona and Southern and Lower California ;. ptisiUtis, nat. size. (From Baird.) spurious (|uill longer, and 2d primary — : SHRIKES. 369 western Mexico; comniou. Eggs uutlistiuguishable from those of belli, and nesting thesame. V. atricapillus. (Lat. ater, bhick; capUhis, hair.) Black-capped Greexlet. ^ : Topand side of head bhtck, excepting a white eye-ring and white loral stripe. Upper parts oliva-ceous ; lower parts white, tinged witli pale greenish on sides and flanks. Wings and tailblackish, edged with olivaceous, the former with two dingy whitish bars across ends of greaterand median coverts;
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