. 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 . gray shade. Below, dull orange, more or less mixed with whitish, aud usually withblack traces on the throat. Tail and its upper coverts dull yellowish, the central feathersusually
. 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 . gray shade. Below, dull orange, more or less mixed with whitish, aud usually withblack traces on the throat. Tail and its upper coverts dull yellowish, the central feathersusually blackish. BiU and feet lighter plumbeous than iu the ^. Young J entirely withoutblack on throat and head, otherwise colored nearly like the 9 • Below, dull orange yellowwhitening on throat, shaded with olive on sides. Above, olive, more yellowish on rump andtail, but latter Avithout black ; middle of back obscured with dusky centres of the feathers;wings dusky, with two white bars and white edgings of the inner quills. In some splendidfeatherings, particularly from the Mississippi valley, the orange becomes intense flame-color,and there is so much white ou the wings as to approach the character of I. hullocM. U. adjoining Britisli Provinces ; W. to the plains, and reaching toward the Eocky Mts. Thisis one of our famous beauties of bird-life, noted alike for its flash of color, its assiduity in sing-. FiG. 2G:: Nichols sc. (Slieppard del. ICTERIDM— ICTEBIN^: OBI OLE S. 409 ing, and its skill at the loom; its elaborately fabricated and perfectly pensile nests swayingfrom the tops of our shade-trees, which have one charm added when fired with such brilliancyas the oriole brings to contrast with verdure. Eggs 4-6, nearly X , thus ratherelongate j ground color a shaded white, iiTegularly spotted, blotched, clouded and especiallyscrawled with blackish-brown and other heavy surface colors, together with subdued sht-ll-markiugs. I. bullocki. (To Wni. BuUock, of Loudo
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