. American ornithology, or, The natural history of the birds of the United States [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. 272 FEMALE ROSE-BIIEAHTEP of tlio tlirnnt, the belly, and uiulor tail-oovertH are unspotUMl; tlie han« of tlio pluiiia^^p is everywhere piiiniheoua; the wiiij;s are roiniil«'<l, less tliaii four inches long, entirely dusky hrown, Honiewhat darker on the HpurioUH wing, all the feathers, both (juillrt and coverts, being lighter on thoir edges; the exterior webs of the middle ami larger wing-coverts are whitish at tip, constituting two white bands across the wings ; the j)r
. American ornithology, or, The natural history of the birds of the United States [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. 272 FEMALE ROSE-BIIEAHTEP of tlio tlirnnt, the belly, and uiulor tail-oovertH are unspotUMl; tlie han« of tlio pluiiia^^p is everywhere piiiniheoua; the wiiij;s are roiniil«'<l, less tliaii four inches long, entirely dusky hrown, Honiewhat darker on the HpurioUH wing, all the feathers, both (juillrt and coverts, being lighter on thoir edges; the exterior webs of the middle ami larger wing-coverts are whitish at tip, constituting two white bands across the wings ; the j)riniari('s are wliitish at the origin beneath the sp\irious wing; the S'-eondariea are inconspicuously whitish externally at tip, that nearest the body having a very conspicuous whitish spot: the lower wing- coverts are of a bright buff, and as they are red in the male, afford an excellent essential character for the species: the tail is three inches long, nearly even, and of a paler dusky brown ; the two outer feathers are slightly edged internally with whitish, but without the least trace of the large spot so conspicuous in the male, and which is always more or less a|i|iarent in the young of thnt sex : the feet are dusky, tiu) tarsus measuring seven-eighths of an inch. The young msile is at first very similar to the female, and is, even in extreme youth, pah-r and somewhat more spotteil; but a little of the beautiful rose color, of which the mother is (]uite destitute, soon begins to make its appearance, princi|ially in small dots on the throat: this color spreails gradinilly, and the wings and tail, and soon after the head, blacken, of course presenting as they advance in ago a great variety of combinatioTis. P'or the description of the beautiful ailult male, we shall refer to Wil- son, whoso description is good, and the figure accurate, but not Iniving stateil any particulars about the habits of the species, we shall snlijoin the little that is known of thiMU. Though long
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