. A manual of North American birds [microform]. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. 366 NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. c'. Tail nearly or quite as long as wing, the feathers not pointed at tips; wing moderate, the tertials not lengthened; bill shorter than head, the culmen nari'ow, not flattened; feathers on top of head without stiffened shafts; outstretched feet falling far short of tip of tail; color black and yellow, orange, or chestnut in adult males (some- times in females pIso), usually with more or less of white on wings. Icterus. (Page 372.) rt'. Outlines of bill distinctly curved, the t
. A manual of North American birds [microform]. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. 366 NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. c'. Tail nearly or quite as long as wing, the feathers not pointed at tips; wing moderate, the tertials not lengthened; bill shorter than head, the culmen nari'ow, not flattened; feathers on top of head without stiffened shafts; outstretched feet falling far short of tip of tail; color black and yellow, orange, or chestnut in adult males (some- times in females pIso), usually with more or less of white on wings. Icterus. (Page 372.) rt'. Outlines of bill distinctly curved, the tip distinctly dccurved, the commissure distinctly inflected and sinuatod. (Subfamily Quiscalince.) 6\ Tail much shorter than wing, neai'ly even, not folded laterally ; bill shorter than head, slender Scolecophagus. (Page 378.) b*. Tail longer than wing, graduated, and folded laterally; bill as long as jr longer than head, stout Quiscalus. (Page 379.) C .# '.«,' Genus DOLICHONYX Swainson. (Page 365, pi. CI., fig. 1.) Species. Common Characters.—Adult male in spring: General color black, the occiput and hind-neck, scapulars, rump, and upper tail-coverts whitish or bufiy. Adult female: General color ochraceous, tinged with grayish brown, paler (more buffy yellowish) beneath; upper parts and flanks streaked with dusky; crown divided by a median buffy stripe. Adult male in fall and winter: Similar to adult female, but colors rather darker, or deeper. Young (not set;n). JSfest in tussocks of grass or among weeds in meadows. Eggs 2-5, dull white or bi'ownish white, heavily spotted or blotched with vandyke-brown, usually with a few fine lines or irregular markings of blackish. a' Adult male with hind-neck usually deep buff', inclining to ochraceous; streaks on back also deep buff or ochraceous; lower back rather deep ash-gray. yl<i«?f/ema^e with ground-color of plumage deep olive-buffy. Length , wing (), tail (). Eggs .83 X -61. Hab. East- e
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