. Key to North American birds [microform] : 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. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. lit; ri;i\<).i:, , â. 75. Gonus CIIONDESTES Swainson. IjiiIc I'liirli. ]I(';i(l ciiridiisly v;irii'i:iilc(l willi cliotiiiit, l)I;tck iiiid wliilc; crowM clii'stmil liliickciiini,' on lurclicid, dividrd liv a nuMliiui stripe, ami ImmiikUmI hy superciliary >tlilies, of white ; a lilac!; line lliroiiiili eye, and another liclow
. Key to North American birds [microform] : 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. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. lit; ri;i\<).i:, , â. 75. Gonus CIIONDESTES Swainson. IjiiIc I'liirli. ]I(';i(l ciiridiisly v;irii'i:iilc(l willi cliotiiiit, l)I;tck iiiid wliilc; crowM clii'stmil liliickciiini,' on lurclicid, dividrd liv a nuMliiui stripe, ami ImmiikUmI hy superciliary >tlilies, of white ; a lilac!; line lliroiiiili eye, and another liclow eye, enclosiinjf a white streak nnder the eye ami the chestnut auricniars ; next, a sharp lilack maxillary stripi) not (|uite reachiiiir tlie hill, cultinj: oil' a whito stripe iVoin the white eliin anh-l'ro\\ n, the middle of the hack with tine iilack streaks. 'I'ail very Ioiil', itscenti'al feathers like the hack, the rest jet Idaek, broadly tipped with pure white in dimiiiishinir amount from tla^ lateral pair inward, ami the outer well of IIk^ outer pair entirely white ; (l.^-T : winir .'U, iiointed ; tail ."), rourded. A Iieautifid species, from the eastern ccIl' , pi. loy ; NiTT.,!, 1^0; Hn.,-l.'Hi; ('oiii-., \'X\ (ii;A.\\ I.:>lk I'ilK'll. 76, GcnuB PASSER Auctorum. /â Jiii/Ji's/i .'S/tiirriiif. IJill shaped much as in the purple (inch, with a slijxht basal rull"; tarsus as loiiijr as the miildle toe ; winirs pointed ; tail forked a littl(>,'-I as loniif as till! wiiij^. J ,aliove, re Idish-brown, tiie back biack-streakeil, the crown and under parts brownish-ash, the chin and throat black; 9 lack- inff the latter marks. A species lattdy imported Imm Kiirope, now tliorouixhiy 'alized, and already abundant in many towns ami cities of the Eastern and .Middle States, Ihouirh not yet jrenerally di-persed over the «'<tUMtry. It has also been rcci-ntly introdnced into Salt l.:d' introduction, nidess it limls natural enemies to check
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