. 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. Illustrated by 6 steel plates and upwards of 250 woodcuts. Birds. SYLVICOLIDiE, WARBLERS. GEN. 38. 107 running from bill below eye aud thence clown the side of the neck; wings and tail unmarked, glossed with olive; feet flesh color; 5|-; wing 25-3 ; tail 2-2J. Young birds have the black oltscure if not wanting; in the fall, the black feathers of the crown of the adult are skirted with ash. Eastern United Stat
. 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. Illustrated by 6 steel plates and upwards of 250 woodcuts. Birds. SYLVICOLIDiE, WARBLERS. GEN. 38. 107 running from bill below eye aud thence clown the side of the neck; wings and tail unmarked, glossed with olive; feet flesh color; 5|-; wing 25-3 ; tail 2-2J. Young birds have the black oltscure if not wanting; in the fall, the black feathers of the crown of the adult are skirted with ash. Eastern United States, north to the Connecticut Valley; not abundant, but common in certain sections, as in southern Illinois (^Ridgivay) and Kansas (Coues). WiLS., iii, 85, pi. 25, f. 2; Nutt., i, 399; Aud., ii, 19, pi. 74; Bd., 247 formosus. > PaI. Fig. 40. Kentucky 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 Coues, Elliott, 1842-1899. Salem [Mass. ] Naturalists' Agency; New York, Dodd and Mead; [etc. , etc. ,]
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