. Key to North American birds. 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 and Lower California, with which are incorporated General ornithology: an outline of the structure and classification of birds; and Field ornithology, a manual of collecting, preparing, and preserving birds. Birds; Birds. FRINGILLIB^: FINCHES, BUNTINGS, SPABBOWS, ETC. 379 364. J. h. annec'tens. (Lat. annectens, annexing ; ad, to, and necto, I join.) Pink-sided Snow- bird. Characters in
. Key to North American birds. 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 and Lower California, with which are incorporated General ornithology: an outline of the structure and classification of birds; and Field ornithology, a manual of collecting, preparing, and preserving birds. Birds; Birds. FRINGILLIB^: FINCHES, BUNTINGS, SPABBOWS, ETC. 379 364. J. h. annec'tens. (Lat. annectens, annexing ; ad, to, and necto, I join.) Pink-sided Snow- bird. Characters in general of /. caniceps (No. 265) ; differs by more abrupt .definition of the white belly from the ashy breast, and pinkish sides : by so much resembling oregonus. Southern Koeky Mt. region, from Wyoming, and especially Colorado, to New Mexico and Arizona; migrating latitudinally with season, but chiefly working up and down the mountains. 265. J. h. ca'niceps. (Lat. caniceps, gray-headed; canus, gray.) Grat-hbaded Snow-bird. Clear ash, purest on head, paler below, and fading gradually into white on belly; interscapulars abruptly, definitely, chestnut or rusty-brown; lores blackish; bill flesh-color; iris brown ; no fulvous wash on sides ; no chestnut on wings in the typical form. Rather larger than hiemdlis; length about ; wing over ; tail about The sexual and seasonal changes are not so well marked as in the heavily-colored hieinalis and oregonus, but parallel as far as they go. Very young birds are streaked, like all the rest. Rooky Mts. of the U. S., from Wyoming southward; Wahsatch and Uintah Mts. Five or six of the styles of Jvmco, including /. hiemalis, occur together in the mountains of Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona. S66. J. h. dorsalis. (Lat. dorsalis, pertaining to the back; dorsum, the back.) Red-backed Snow-bird. Characters in general of J. caniceps; but with the bill black and yellow, as in cinereus. Mountains of New Mexico and Arizona. 267. J. h.
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