. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds -- North America; Ornithology -- North American; Oiseaux -- Amérique du Nord; Ornithologie -- Amérique du Nord. 168 NOliTlI AMEUR'AX BIRDS. Sp. Char. First quill nearly as loupr as the secon<l ami ihinl (lonp^est), decidedly loncrer Ihan the lourtli. Tail roiiiitiecj. or sliirlitly in-adiiatetl. (leiieral color , iiiflii<lin^< the inner snrtate of wiiiirs and axillaries, hase of lower niandihle all round, feathers adjacent to nostrils lores, upjter eyelids, and reniaininj,' space around the eye. The head autl ne
. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds -- North America; Ornithology -- North American; Oiseaux -- Amérique du Nord; Ornithologie -- Amérique du Nord. 168 NOliTlI AMEUR'AX BIRDS. Sp. Char. First quill nearly as loupr as the secon<l ami ihinl (lonp^est), decidedly loncrer Ihan the lourtli. Tail roiiiitiecj. or sliirlitly in-adiiatetl. (leiieral color , iiiflii<lin^< the inner snrtate of wiiiirs and axillaries, hase of lower niandihle all round, feathers adjacent to nostrils lores, upjter eyelids, and reniaininj,' space around the eye. The head autl neck all round; the forepart of the breast, ; some distance down on the median line, and a somewhat hidden space round the anus, yellow. A conspicuous white pat-h at the bast- of the -wing formed by tlie spmious feathers, interrupted by the black alula. Female smaller, brownci-; the yellow con- fined to tlie under parts and sides of the head, and a superciliary line. A «ky maxillary line. X, D. C. Mass. 1870. Vl'l); A'olusia, Florida (Mus. S. I.) ; Cajjc St. Xanthorrphalus irteroerphalux. The color of the yelluw in this species varies considerahly ; sonietiuies heing almost of a lemon-vellow, sometimes of a rich orange. Tliere is an occasional trace of vellow around tlie base of the tarsus. Immature males show everv <a-adation between the colors of the adult male and female. A verv vounLj Itird (4r,, Dane Co., Wis.) is duskv above, with feathers of the dorsal rei^'ion broadly tipped with ocliraceous, lesser and middle wing- coverts white tinged witli fulvous, dusky bcdow the surface, greater covert very broadly tipped with fidvous-white ; primary coverts narrowly tij)peo with the same. AVhole lower parts unvariegated iulvous-white; head all round plain O' raceous, deepest above. Haiuts. The YeUow-headed lUackbird is essentitilly a prairie l)ird, and is found in all favorable localities from Texas on the south to Illinois and Wisconsin, and then
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