. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. 458 NORTH AMEUICAN 13IIJDS. inajrc (except wings, tail, and lejrs) fiilvoiis-lmn', heavily spotted and l)arred above, and refrularly Ijarreil lieneatii, witii liiaek. Wiiifr, T.'JO; bill, .4i) l)y .40, Wiiilrr. Kiitiie pliiiiia,t)00, Nulato, Lower Vukon, .\pril 12, 18(i7 ; W. II, Dall). Win;:, 7.')0; bill, A'> by .42. CliieL' (2,048, Fort .\iidersoii, .July, 18()4). I'levailiiij.' I'olor , tiiijrecl with .«iilphiir-yellc)W on the throat and abdoiiieii. ami washc(l with I
. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. 458 NORTH AMEUICAN 13IIJDS. inajrc (except wings, tail, and lejrs) fiilvoiis-lmn', heavily spotted and l)arred above, and refrularly Ijarreil lieneatii, witii liiaek. Wiiifr, T.'JO; bill, .4i) l)y .40, Wiiilrr. Kiitiie pliiiiia,t)00, Nulato, Lower Vukon, .\pril 12, 18(i7 ; W. II, Dall). Win;:, 7.')0; bill, A'> by .42. CliieL' (2,048, Fort .\iidersoii, .July, 18()4). I'levailiiij.' I'olor , tiiijrecl with .«iilphiir-yellc)W on the throat and abdoiiieii. ami washc(l with I'lilvoiis on the upper iiart.*. A lar;;e oval vertical jiatch of ehestiiiit-nilbiis, bordered all roiinil by a black line, which, from the oceiput, is continued down the nape in a broad distinct stripe of black. On the npper part of the back this stripe bil'incatt's, and continues in two broad parallel stri])es to the lower part of rump, where they again unite. A black strijie the wing and one throu<,di the eye and anriculars. Had. Arctic America from Newfoundland to Sitka. Iiicliarflson rcgardud tliis species an inhabitant of the fur countries from the oOtii to the 70th parallel of Lititiido, being jiartially migratory within those limits. It wtis found to breed among the viUlitys of the liocky Mountains, on the barren grounds, and along the Arctic coasts. On the ap- proach of winter it collects in flocks, and retires southward as the severity of tlic weather incrcivses. Tiioy re- main, however, in con- siderable numbers as fiir north as latitude 07° even in the coldest win- ters. It was found to be toleral)ly abundant at the (Joth jiarallel all L„,'n!ms „ii„„. ^j^^j ^,^,_^j.^ assembling in vast flocks on the shores of Hudson Bay in the winter time. Mr. Hutchins states that ten thousand of these birds have been ea])tnred in a single season at Severn IJiver. IJichardson adds that in these birds made their first appearance at Cumlierland H
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