. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds -- North America; Ornithology -- North American; Oiseaux -- Amérique du Nord; Ornithologie -- Amérique du Nord. 20S XoltTII AMKKK'AX \U\tU^. Ill colors, however, they diller eiitirely; the J*. in/(u>sfiis having,' the heatl darker than tlw liody, and imiroriii (^instead of tlie c»jntrary;, ami in havinj^ the k)wer i)riniarv and h)\vi'r leatliers of the greater coverls, iw well as the greater part ol" the tail, hri;^ht rufoiia. A. Dusky nurlial hood roacliiu^' fi)r\vaitl to. or in front of the eyes; plum- beous-! •lack.


. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds -- North America; Ornithology -- North American; Oiseaux -- Amérique du Nord; Ornithologie -- Amérique du Nord. 20S XoltTII AMKKK'AX \U\tU^. Ill colors, however, they diller eiitirely; the J*. in/(u>sfiis having,' the heatl darker than tlw liody, and imiroriii (^instead of tlie c»jntrary;, ami in havinj^ the k)wer i)riniarv and h)\vi'r leatliers of the greater coverls, iw well as the greater part ol" the tail, hri;^ht rufoiia. A. Dusky nurlial hood roacliiu^' fi)r\vaitl to. or in front of the eyes; plum- beous-! •lack. iJorxnl fenthers tnlh trhite ahnftn in old and iiouna. Tail-feat hers not diHtinrthj paler at ends. 1. White frontal patch narrower than leiiirth of the hill; hlendinff jrradiially with the Maekish of tln'crown, (pper parts umher-hrownish. Winir,').;'»0; tail, r).4(>; bill. .00 and ..">(>. Younfj. Entirely pluinheous-brown, leathers of head above bordered with paler. IJeneatli paler, whitish brown, llab. Ore<,'on, Washinjrion Teritory. British Columbia, ete. . var, ohscurus. Dorsal /fathers irithont trhite aha/ts in old or yonnq. Ttn'l-f'rathers broadlij tipped with dull irhite. 2. White frontal pateh mnch broader than length of ; aluiptly deline<l, with a ennvex outline behind, apiinst the dusky of the oeeiput. I'pper parts plunibeovis, with a sli5. Young. Entirely unili^rn) dark plumbeous. JIah. Canada, Maine, and Labrador to the Yukon ...... var. canadensis. B. nuchal hood not rea<'hinjrr t; tail, G.(X>; bill, and .in. Yonnr/. I51nish-j)lumbeous, inelininfr to ashy-white on the crown and cheeks. //«ft. Rocky Mountains of I'nited States . vav. capital is. In the more slender form, longer and narrower bill, and paler tints with a predominance of the light colors, of the var. capitalis, compared with the tyj)ical, or standard, var. lanadni' , we see the ])ecu- liar impression of the middle region ; while in the var. ohsc


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