. 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. FBINGILLID^: FINCHES, BUNTINGS, SPABEOWS, ETC. 387 386. C. bi' (Lat. bieolor, two-oolored. Fig. 246.) Laek Bunting. White-winged Blackbird. ^, in summer. Black,
. 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. FBINGILLID^: FINCHES, BUNTINGS, SPABEOWS, ETC. 387 386. C. bi' (Lat. bieolor, two-oolored. Fig. 246.) Laek Bunting. White-winged Blackbird. ^, in summer. Black, with a large white patch on the wings; the quills and tail-feathers frequently marked with white; bill dark horn-blue above, paler below; feet brown. Length ; extent ; wing ; tail ; bill ; tarsus, ormiddle toe and claw, Sexes unlike: $ more resembling a sparrow. Above, gray- ish-brown, streaked with dusky-brown, on the back the edges of the dark streaks often of a purer brown than the general ground-color. Below, white, shaded on the sides with grayish- brown, thickly streaked with blackish-brown everywhere excepting the throat and belly, the streaks mostly sharp and distinct, but blended on the sides, tending to aggregate on the breast, and run forward as a maxillary chain. A poorly-defined light superciliary stripe. Wings dusky, with a large white or whitish speculum, much as in the ,J, but not so pure nor so extensive; inner secondaries edged with brown and white. Tail-feathers, the middle excepted, blackish tipped with white. Young ^ like the ?, but colors more suffuse and brighter; upper parts pure brown; under parts tinged with fulvous, the wing-markings quite fulvous; under surface of wing quite blackish. In very young birds the markings more motley than streaky; the biU brownish, flesh-colored be- low. $ wears the black plumage only during the breeding season, like the bobolink; when changing, the characters o
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