. A popular handbook of the ornithology of the United States and Canada [microform] : based on Nuttal's Manual. Birds; Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. lor mil TV â r in aith iUar- I'nn 'inter |. S^ARR()^V MAWK. SI'AUVI'.RUS. ('iiAK. Adult male : head bluish ash, with ictldish patch ou crown, and iKitch on sides and nape; back rufous; \vinj;s bluish and black in ; ; tail tawny, with black band, and tipped with white ; below, Iniftish or tawiiv. Female: rufous and , more streaked than the male; the tail lawnv, with several blackish bars. Len
. A popular handbook of the ornithology of the United States and Canada [microform] : based on Nuttal's Manual. Birds; Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. lor mil TV â r in aith iUar- I'nn 'inter |. S^ARR()^V MAWK. SI'AUVI'.RUS. ('iiAK. Adult male : head bluish ash, with ictldish patch ou crown, and iKitch on sides and nape; back rufous; \vinj;s bluish and black in ; ; tail tawny, with black band, and tipped with white ; below, Iniftish or tawiiv. Female: rufous and , more streaked than the male; the tail lawnv, with several blackish bars. Length lo to ii inches. .\',.>7. Usually in cavities of trees, often in Woodpecker's holes, somc- tiiius in deserted nest of a Crow. >'VCV''' 5~7; buftish, occasionally white, blotched with dull red and linuvn; X I-12. This beautiful and singularly marked bird appears to reside principally in the warmer ])arts of the United States. They are particularly abundant in the winter throughout South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Florida, whither they assemble from the remote interior of the Northern States, wandering in sum- mer ;is far as the Rocky Mountains, and were even seen by l'"-. Richardson in the remote latitude of 53^; these ap]:)car, i lAcr, to be only stragglers, nor do they seem at all to visit. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Chamberlain, Montague, 1844-1924; Nuttall, Thomas. A manual of the ornithology of the United States and of Canada. Boston : Little, Brown
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