. A manual of the ornithology of the United States and of Canada [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. RED-WINGED BLACK-BIRD. (Icterus pliiTiiiceus, Daud. , pi. C7. [the male a small specimen]. Sturnusprailiitorivs, Wilson, 4. p. 30. pi. 30. fig. 1. [male in summer dress], fig. 2 [female]. Pliilad. Museum, No i46C, 14C7.) Sp. CiiARACT. — Black; lesser wing coverts vermilion red. Youn^r and autaimial mair, above, with the feathers, skirted with ferruginous. — fcwWe, dusky brown, varied witli ferruginous and whitish, sometimes also witli the lesser wing-covert; spotted with black and the
. A manual of the ornithology of the United States and of Canada [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. RED-WINGED BLACK-BIRD. (Icterus pliiTiiiceus, Daud. , pi. C7. [the male a small specimen]. Sturnusprailiitorivs, Wilson, 4. p. 30. pi. 30. fig. 1. [male in summer dress], fig. 2 [female]. Pliilad. Museum, No i46C, 14C7.) Sp. CiiARACT. — Black; lesser wing coverts vermilion red. Youn^r and autaimial mair, above, with the feathers, skirted with ferruginous. — fcwWe, dusky brown, varied witli ferruginous and whitish, sometimes also witli the lesser wing-covert; spotted with black and the red of the male. The Red-Winged Oriole in summer inhabits the whole of North America from Nova Scotia to Mexico, and is found in the interior of the continent from the 53d degree of latitude, probably to the sources of the Missouri. They are migratory north of Maryland, but pa,ss the winter in great numbers in all the southern states, frequenting chiefly the settlements and rice and corn-fields, towards the sea-coast, where they move about like blackening clouds, rising suddenly at times with a noise like thunder, 15. 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. Cambridge [Mass. ] : Hilliard and Brown
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