. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. Peitrrrn fPstiralix. graduated laterally; the feathers, though long, are peculiarly narrow, linear, and ellipti- eally rounded at the ends. Color beneath plain whitish or brownish, with a more or less distinct dusky line each side of the chin. Al)ove with broad obsolete brown streaks or blotches. Crown uniform, or the feathers edged with lighter. Species and Varieties. Common CirARACTERS. A light superciliary stripe, with a brownish one below it from the eye along upper edge of ear-coverts
. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. Peitrrrn fPstiralix. graduated laterally; the feathers, though long, are peculiarly narrow, linear, and ellipti- eally rounded at the ends. Color beneath plain whitish or brownish, with a more or less distinct dusky line each side of the chin. Al)ove with broad obsolete brown streaks or blotches. Crown uniform, or the feathers edged with lighter. Species and Varieties. Common CirARACTERS. A light superciliary stripe, with a brownish one below it from the eye along upper edge of ear-coverts (not one along lower edge of ear-coverts, as in Mehspiza). A narrow blackish " bridle " along side of throat (sometimes indistinct). Crown without a distinct median stripe, ami lower jiarts without markings. Ground-color above , .sometimes of a brownish east; dorsal region and nape with brown IMotches, with or without dark centres. Crown streaked with or plain rufous. IJeneath plain brownish-white, lightest on the abdomen, darker across jugulum and along 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 Baird, Spencer F. , 1823-1887; Brewer, T. M. (Thomas Mayo), 1814-1880; Ridgway, Robert, 1850-1929. Boston : Little, Brown
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