. 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. Illustrated by 6 steel plates and upwards of 250 woodcuts. Birds. 158 ICTEEID^, A3IERICAN STARLINGS. GEN. 92. > all under parts from the throat, deep chestnut; a whitish bar across tips of greater wing coverts ; bill and feet blue-black ; about 7 ; wing 3^ ; tail 3 ; 9 smaller, plain yellowish-olive above, yellowish below; wings dusky; tips of the coverts and edges of the inner quills, whitish; known from
. 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. Illustrated by 6 steel plates and upwards of 250 woodcuts. Birds. 158 ICTEEID^, A3IERICAN STARLINGS. GEN. 92. > all under parts from the throat, deep chestnut; a whitish bar across tips of greater wing coverts ; bill and feet blue-black ; about 7 ; wing 3^ ; tail 3 ; 9 smaller, plain yellowish-olive above, yellowish below; wings dusky; tips of the coverts and edges of the inner quills, whitish; known from the 9 of the other species by its small size and very slender bill. Young $ at first like 9 , afterward showing confused characters of both sexes; in a particular stage, it has a black mask on the face and throat. Eastern U. S., very abundant in parks, orchards, and the skirts of woods. Wils., i, 64, pi. 4, f. 1, 2, 3, 4; AuD., iv, 46, pi. 219; Nutt., i, 165; Bd., 547. spukius. '•' Var. Aprmis. Much smaller ; (J G^ ; wiug under 3. Texas. Lawk. Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y. 1851, 113. * * The (J black and orange. Baltimore Oriole. Golden Robin. Firebird. Hangnest. $ with the head and neck all round, and the back, black ; rump, upper tail coverts, lesser wing coverts, most of the tail feathers, and all the under parts from the throat, fiery orange, but of varying intensity according to age and season; middle tail feathers black ; wings black, the middle and greater coverts, and inner quills, more or less edged and tipped with white, but the white on the coverts not forming a continuous patch; bill and feet blue- black; 7J-8; wing 3§; tail 3. 9 smaller, and much paler, the black obscured by olive, sometimes entirely wanting. Young $ entirely without black on throat and head, otherwise colored nearly like the 9 . Eastern United States, west to the mountains of Colorado (^Allen) ; abundant, in or- chards and streets, as well as in woodland, conspicuous by its brilliant colors and sp
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