. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America [microform]. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. HOARV Kl<:i)l»ULL. KKDI'OLL. ACANTHIS Thak. Male: ahove. wliitc streaked with dusky brown ; crown crimson ; riinip wliitc washeil with pink ; wings and tail dusky brown witli two while bars; l)clow, dull white sparsely streaked with duskv : chin and throat duskv; breast delicate rose pink. Female: similar, but without phik on breast and rump. Length 5 inches. Similar to A. linariii, but colore ,'iler, — the brown largely replaced by gray
. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America [microform]. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. HOARV Kl<:i)l»ULL. KKDI'OLL. ACANTHIS Thak. Male: ahove. wliitc streaked with dusky brown ; crown crimson ; riinip wliitc washeil with pink ; wings and tail dusky brown witli two while bars; l)clow, dull white sparsely streaked with duskv : chin and throat duskv; breast delicate rose pink. Female: similar, but without phik on breast and rump. Length 5 inches. Similar to A. linariii, but colore ,'iler, — the brown largely replaced by gray, and the re^l of a pakr sIkkK- and more restricted. S'est. In a low tree or on the ground ; comjiosed of grass and twigs lined with feathers Egi::s. 3-5; white tinged with blue or green, spotted with reddish brown ; X This species, so nearly allied to the last, is met with partly in the same remote boreal regions in the summer, but is of much more rare occurrence ; it is also found in the territory of Oregon, and stragglers have been obtained as far south as New Jersey and New York. In Maine it is less rare. These birds have a note very similar to the last species, but distinct. They are full of activity and caprice while engaged in feeding, making wide circles and deej) untlulations in their flight. Like. 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 Nuttall, Thomas, 1786-1859; Chamberlain, Montague, 1844-1924. Boston : Little, Brown
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