. A popular handbook of the ornithology of the United States and Canada [microform] : based on Nuttal's Manual. Birds; Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. WUlvVri'AK. Saxrola (Knanthi:. Char. Above, Ijluish gray; forehead and stripe over eyes wliiic; patcli on cheek and wings lilack; rump white ; initldlc tail-feathers Muk, rest wliite, l)roadly tipjied with black; under parts white. In the iViiiak' the upper parts are brown, and under ])arts buff. Length 6)2 inche,-. AVs/. In a crevice of a stone wall or a stone heap; made of plain stems and grass, lined with feathers, hair, o
. A popular handbook of the ornithology of the United States and Canada [microform] : based on Nuttal's Manual. Birds; Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. WUlvVri'AK. Saxrola (Knanthi:. Char. Above, Ijluish gray; forehead and stripe over eyes wliiic; patcli on cheek and wings lilack; rump white ; initldlc tail-feathers Muk, rest wliite, l)roadly tipjied with black; under parts white. In the iViiiak' the upper parts are brown, and under ])arts buff. Length 6)2 inche,-. AVs/. In a crevice of a stone wall or a stone heap; made of plain stems and grass, lined with feathers, hair, or rabbit's fur. /'A's'-f- 5-7 ; P^It-' blue, sometimes spotted with pale tawny, or iiuipk; X Tlie first mention of the occurrence of species in castcrii America api)carccl in Ilolhoil's account of the birds of Crecnland. issued in 1846; it had licen reported jjreviously from tiie I'aiifn coast by Vi,ti;ors. In 1854 tlie name appeared in Cassin's work, and in Baird's "Report" of 1859 it was recorded as "! in tlie northern part of North ; It should not be termed accidental at the present day. f'^'' i' occurs rejiularly in Greenland and Labrador and at Ciodboul, on the St. Lawrence, and has been taken in winter in Nova .S. Maine, New York, Lone; Island, Louisiana, and Bermuda. American writers formerly i;ave the vernacular name as ".Stoiu- chat," or "Stone ; â Coues alone addin<; Wheatear (.is .â synonym).. 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 Chamberlain, Montague, 1844-1924; Nuttall, Thomas. A manual of the ornithology of the United States and of Canada. Boston : Little, Brown
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