. A manual of North American birds [microform]. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. 672 NORTH AMERICAN ^ i' c*. Gonys longer than two-fifths the comniissuro; plumage plain above (except in young), with prevailing color bright blue; no white spots on quills; wing less than Sialia. (Page 580.) c*. Gonys leas than two-fifths the commissure; plumage much varied above, the prevailing color bistro brown, more or less streaked with dull whitish, the wings and tail mainly black; quills with white patch at base; wing , or more Ridgwayia} Genus MYADESTES Swainson. (Page 571, pi.
. A manual of North American birds [microform]. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. 672 NORTH AMERICAN ^ i' c*. Gonys longer than two-fifths the comniissuro; plumage plain above (except in young), with prevailing color bright blue; no white spots on quills; wing less than Sialia. (Page 580.) c*. Gonys leas than two-fifths the commissure; plumage much varied above, the prevailing color bistro brown, more or less streaked with dull whitish, the wings and tail mainly black; quills with white patch at base; wing , or more Ridgwayia} Genus MYADESTES Swainson. (Page 571, pi. CXXIV., fig. 7.) Species. Common Characters (of North American species).—Adults: Above uniform brownish or grayish, beneath plain grayish ; a distinct whitish orbital ring ; quills and secondaries with a lighter (pale grayish or buflfy) band near base, conspicuous on spread wing. Young: Conspicuously spotted, above and below, with buffy. Nest built among rocks, banks of streams, on old logs or stumps, or similar places, rather bulky, loosely constructed of sticks, etc., lined with finer materials. Eggs 3-6, whitish, speckled with reddish brown. a}. Second quill equal to sixth, the primaries exceeding secondaries by about the same distance that the latter exceed the greater coverts. Adult: Uniform brownish gray, paler beneath, especially on chin and throat, anal region, and lower tail-coverts; wings and tail dusky, the bases of the quills and secondaries buffy or ochraceous (mostly con- cealed in closed wing), the secondaries edged with pale grayish, the greater coverts and tertials tipped with whitish (this obsolete in worn summer dress) ; tail-feathers with outer Aveb and terminal portion of inner web grayish white. Young: Wings and tail as in adult; rest of plumage, including wing-coverts, conspicuously spotted with buff. Length , wing , tail Eggs .91 X -69. Hab. Western United States (in mountains), north to Bx-itish Columbia, east to and inclu
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