. Ornithology and oölogy of New England [microform] : containing full descriptions of the birds of New England and adjoining states and provinces, arranged by a long-approved classification and nomenclature : together with a complete history of their habits, times of arrival and departure ... : with illustrations of many species of the birds and accurate figures of their eggs. Ornithology; Birds; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux; Oiseaux. fVffw^.-. — Drown nlmvis tlin frntluTH ..( or ,! widi )wn yellowiHli; iK'ni'ulli wliitr, will. ,wii: '|MUt d'thr
. Ornithology and oölogy of New England [microform] : containing full descriptions of the birds of New England and adjoining states and provinces, arranged by a long-approved classification and nomenclature : together with a complete history of their habits, times of arrival and departure ... : with illustrations of many species of the birds and accurate figures of their eggs. Ornithology; Birds; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux; Oiseaux. fVffw^.-. — Drown nlmvis tlin frntluTH ..( or ,! widi )wn yellowiHli; iK'ni'ulli wliitr, will. ,wii: '|MUt d'throat, Miprrviliary, iiu'diaii .slri|ic ^iroiinly tiiipd with l) Thu I'.'MKilr iliiH r^ Krcally in Hp|iraraiiti.; tlic |irfvuilin>{ color nl)ove in ;,li. , all tliu IcatlnTs iiiarKilifd with on tlir l,a, k with hrowiilMli-yi'llow, whlih, on llif ami ^rratrr win>f coviTt-, lo^u^^ two hands; the aiv .lull-whi(i>h, . Icatlur hioadly .c iilrally with dark-hi-own; the chin and throat ycllowisli, and Init little .streaked; llicru in "o dis- tinct Mnpcrciliary Mrcak alongside the head, tinned anteriorly with hrownii-h- ycllow, and another Icxn diHtiiict in fho median jlno of the crown; there is nsnnliv no iinlieation of any red on the win;;; the innnatiire male- every jamsihle condition of cohnalion between that of the oM nuih' ami of the lemale', l-enK'lli of nnile, nine and lifly iiicheH; winj;, live indicn; tail four and liltecii ont'-hundrcdths iuchus. ' ' This cominou niul woU-known species makes Its appoar- aiicc ul)out the middle of March. It arrives in small Hocks, the males precedinir the f'-males a week or ten days. On its arrival, it i'retnieiits the meadows and swamps, where, from early dawn to twilight, iis son-i' of ,ji(onk a n'e is heard, sometimes uttered by a hall-dozen birds at a time. As soon as the fen)ales arrive, the
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