. 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, inclusive of Greenland. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. 864 SYSTEMATIC SYNOPSIS. — PASSERES— OSCINES. culiiii'n lonj?. No yollowisli ovor oyo or on t'di^o of wiuK; no cvidrnt median Btripo on crown. , obsolctcly strcukpil with diirk brown, most notici>ulil(! on crown and middle of bacli; entire under parts dull wliite, contluently streaked witli clear brown every
. 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, inclusive of Greenland. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. 864 SYSTEMATIC SYNOPSIS. — PASSERES— OSCINES. culiiii'n lonj?. No yollowisli ovor oyo or on t'di^o of wiuK; no cvidrnt median Btripo on crown. , obsolctcly strcukpil with diirk brown, most notici>ulil(! on crown and middle of bacli; entire under parts dull wliite, contluently streaked witli clear brown every- wlicre except on throat, middle of belly, and crissnm. Wings and tail dusky-gray, tho rectrices with paler edges, the |)riniaries with edges, the wing-coverts and secondaries broadly edged and tipped with grayish-bay. An obscure whitish superciliary line, liill light brown, under manwn-edged streaks, and further variegated by palo gray edging of tho feathers. Crown (piite like back, though tho marking is in smaller pattern; super- ciliary lino and eye-ring whitish. Under ])arts dull white, usually noticeably buff- tinged in the streaked areas, thickly streaked across breast and along sides with dusky- centred brown-edged streaks, anteriorly tending to concentrate in lateral chains bounding the white throat; above this FIG. Bunting, reduce.!. (Sheppard chain a maxillary brown Stripe; auriculars del. Nichols sc.) varied with light and dark brown. Quills fuscous, the longer ones with grayish-whito edging, tho secondaries and greater and median coverts with broad firm brown and white edges and tips ; lesser coverts bright chestnut, whence the name " ; Outer tail-feather largely or wholly white, next pair or two pairs largely white in decreasing amount. Upper mandible brown; lower, and the feet, flesli-. 233. 77. 234. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for read
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