. The birds of America : from drawings made in the United States and their territories . cheeks and sides ofneck glossed with rich reflections of green, the rest of the back and scapularsstriped in zigzag and well divided lines of black on a white ground;wing-coverts darker grejr than the back; primaries brownish-black; thesecondaries white, forming the speculum, and tipped with black narrowlyedged with white. Rump and upper tail-coverts black; tail feathers brown-ish-black; breast, sides below the wing, and the flanks, pure white; the bellybehind the legs undulated with greyish lines on a dul
. The birds of America : from drawings made in the United States and their territories . cheeks and sides ofneck glossed with rich reflections of green, the rest of the back and scapularsstriped in zigzag and well divided lines of black on a white ground;wing-coverts darker grejr than the back; primaries brownish-black; thesecondaries white, forming the speculum, and tipped with black narrowlyedged with white. Rump and upper tail-coverts black; tail feathers brown-ish-black; breast, sides below the wing, and the flanks, pure white; the bellybehind the legs undulated with greyish lines on a dull whitish ground; legsand toes bluish-black, the membranes darker. Bill along the ridge 2i inches, along the edge 2, to pinion 10J, to end ofclaws 20§; flexure of wing Si; bill to end of tail 1S|-; alar extent 32; clawsbeyond the tail 2|. First quill longest. Tail of 14 feathers 2§- in 2 pounds avoirdupois. The Female is somewhat smaller, the head and neck dark brown, the billas in the male, as well as the irides; around the base of the bill a broad band xnoo. EL* Drairx th»n JfrZxrt. ty J JjfurtuienJSSJIS .flak / Li2h}>nii!et/£.&/?%J T&nrexb-dtut? COMMON TROUPIAL. 357 of white; the lower part of the neck and breast dark brown, the back andscapulars light grey, transversely barred with irregular dusky lines; theprimaries dark brown; the secondaries white, tipped with brown; legs andfeet as in the male. FAMILY XVI.*—AGELAINtE. —ICTERUS, Briss. HANGNEST. COMMON TROUPIAL. Icterus vulgaris, Daud. PLATE CCCCLXLIX.—Male. This handsome bird was first observed at Charleston, South Carolina, bymy son John Woodhouse, who shot and figured a male the size of nature;the bird when first seen was perched on the point of a lightning-rod closeby the house of my friend the Reverend John Bachman, D. D. A fewdays afterwards others were seen, but although a female was shot, it fell inthe river and was lost. I am informed that since that peri
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