. 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, inclusive of Greenland and lower California, with which are incorporated General ornithology: an outline of the structure and classification of birds; and Field ornithology, a manual of collecting, preparing, and preserving birds. Birds; Birds; 1887. IGTEIUBJE — AGEL^INJE: MARSH BLACKBIliUS. 401 The faultluss fall dress of black, white, ed^ed witli yelldwish ; hill hlackish-horn ; feet brown arul hutf is wnru
. 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, inclusive of Greenland and lower California, with which are incorporated General ornithology: an outline of the structure and classification of birds; and Field ornithology, a manual of collecting, preparing, and preserving birds. Birds; Birds; 1887. IGTEIUBJE — AGEL^INJE: MARSH BLACKBIliUS. 401 The faultluss fall dress of black, white, ed^ed witli yelldwish ; hill hlackish-horn ; feet brown arul hutf is wnru only for a brief period ; and even iu spring and summer, most males are found to have yellowish touches in the black, especially of the under parts. The " delirious song" vd while the males are trooping their way tcj their breeding-grcnrnds, and before the ulor 99. Yellowish- the sm is only heave midsummer change of feather. <? in fall, ? , and young, entirely ditfereut iu col brown above, brownish-yellow below; crown and back conspicuously, nape, rump, and sides less broadly, streaked with black; crown with a median and lateral light stripe; wings and tad blackish, pale-edged; bill brown, paler below. In this, the ordinary condition, the <J is only known liy superior size. FaU birds are more bufly than the spring ? . The $ ciianging shows confused characters of both sexes (see p. 89) ; but in any plumage the species may be reco°nized by the stilEsh, extremely acute tail-feathers, iu connection with its special dimensions. .J: length ; extent ; wing ; tail ; tarsus ; middle toe and claw 9 : Length ; extent ; wing , etc., averaging i an inch loss in length and an inch in extent. Chiefly Eastern U. S. and Canada; N. to 54° in the region of the Saskatchewan, W. not ordinarily beyond the central plains, but occurs in Montana, Idaho, Utah, and Nevada. Winters wholly extralimital. In M
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