. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. 112 NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. easily accustomed to confinement, and in a few days will become quite tame. When .sligiitly wounded and captured, tiicy at first make a sturdy resistance, and bite quite severely. They are nnicli attached to their young, and when approached evince great anxiety, tiic female thrusting herself forward to divert attenti(jn by her outcries and her simulated lameness. The eggs of this species are of a rounded-oval shape, and have a dull- white ground, spotted with dots
. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. 112 NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. easily accustomed to confinement, and in a few days will become quite tame. When .sligiitly wounded and captured, tiicy at first make a sturdy resistance, and bite quite severely. They are nnicli attached to their young, and when approached evince great anxiety, tiic female thrusting herself forward to divert attenti(jn by her outcries and her simulated lameness. The eggs of this species are of a rounded-oval shape, and have a dull- white ground, spotted with dots and blotches of a wine-colored brown. These usually are larger than in the other species, and are mostly congre- gated about the larger end, and measure .'J8 of an inch in length by .80 in breadth. Pipilo eiythrophthalmuB, var. alleni, Coues. WHITE-ET2S CHEWINK; FLORIDA CHEWINK. Pijii/o n/!eiii, Cui', Anieriean Naturalist, V, Aug. 1871, 366. Sp. Similar to eri/lhro/jhthalmiis, but did'ciing in the (bllowinjr re.^pects; White si)acL'.s on wings and tail much rcstriutod, those on inner webs of lateral tail-feathers only .50 to .73 long. Size very inueli .smaller, except the bill, which is absolutely larger. Iris white, ^. (or),2()7, Dnnnnits's Grove, Florida, March, 1809.) Length, ;); wing, ; tail, ;); bill from nostril, .38 ; tarsus, .07. 9- (u5,271, same locality and date.) Wing, ; tail, ; bill from , .37; tarsus, .91. White on primaries almost absent. This interesting variety of Pqnio eri/fliropfithalmns was found in Florida, in the spring of 1860, by ^Fr. C J. Maynard, tind probably represents the species as resident in thtat Sttite. It is considerid)ly smtdler than the average (length, ; extent, ; wing, .' ; tarsus, .9;")), and has very apprecia- bly less white on the tail. The outer web of outer feather is only narrowly edged with white, in- .stead of being entire- ly so to the shaft ) (except in one speci
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