. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush. Birds. 136 KEY AJND DESCRIPTION nut-brown stripes beside the central grayish one, and a brown stripe back of the eye below a side stripe of ashy. These stripes are not very sharply defined. (Green Finch.) Length, Q\; wing, 2| (25-21); tail, 2j; tarsus, |; culinen, \. West- ern Texas and eastern Mexico, rarely to southern Louisiana. 43. Towhee (687. Plpilo erythrophthdlmus).âA large, brightly marked bird, with black upper parts and breast, ^\'hite belly and tips of under
. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush. Birds. 136 KEY AJND DESCRIPTION nut-brown stripes beside the central grayish one, and a brown stripe back of the eye below a side stripe of ashy. These stripes are not very sharply defined. (Green Finch.) Length, Q\; wing, 2| (25-21); tail, 2j; tarsus, |; culinen, \. West- ern Texas and eastern Mexico, rarely to southern Louisiana. 43. Towhee (687. Plpilo erythrophthdlmus).âA large, brightly marked bird, with black upper parts and breast, ^\'hite belly and tips of under tail feathers, and chestnut sides. In the female the black is replaced by bright, grayish brown, ex- cepting that the tail feathers are blackish, with similar white tips which can be dis- tinctly seen while on the wing. This is a common, restless, ground bird of the bushy woods. The notes are clear, chewink, toivliee, forming two of its com- mon names. Ernest Thompson writes the full notes "cJnirk- burr, piU-a-iritl-a-irill-cC (Chewink; ]\[arsh "Eobin"; Ground "Eobin"; Joree.) Length, S\ ; wing, .31 (3|-3;) ; tail, 3 â ; tarsus, 1; culmen, j%. United States east of the Plains, and southern Canada ; breeding from Georgia nortliward, and wintering from Virginia southward. The White-eyed Towhee (Om7". P. e. dUeni) is a similar bird, but Kmallei', and with less white on tlje wings, and only two of the under tail feathers white at tip ; eyes very light-colored, almost white. This is a shyer bird than the last, and is found among heavier growths. Wing, 3J ; tail, 3J. Florida north to South Carolina. The Arctic Towhee (588. Pqnln macnlatns arcticvs) is similar to the common towhee, but has white spots on tlie wing coverts and shoulders, the white on the shoulders lengthened into streaks, and that of the coverts forming two bars. The female is a dark brown, with the white markings as in the male. Wing, 3|; tail, 4. The Rocky Moun- tains eastward to Kansa
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