. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush . s been seen only on one of the Florida Keys. FAM. XIII. FINCHES, SPARBOWS, ETC. 141 52. Dickcissel (604. Spiza americ(lna).—A yellow-breasted,black-throated, streaky-backed, sparrow-like bird with a red-dish spot on the bend ofthe wing. The chinabov^e the black throatis white, with more orless of yellow on thecheeks, and the crownand side of head aregray, with a yellow lineover the eye. The backis brownish, streakedwith black, and the bellywhitish. Female dullerand with
. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush . s been seen only on one of the Florida Keys. FAM. XIII. FINCHES, SPARBOWS, ETC. 141 52. Dickcissel (604. Spiza americ(lna).—A yellow-breasted,black-throated, streaky-backed, sparrow-like bird with a red-dish spot on the bend ofthe wing. The chinabov^e the black throatis white, with more orless of yellow on thecheeks, and the crownand side of head aregray, with a yellow lineover the eye. The backis brownish, streakedwith black, and the bellywhitish. Female dullerand with but little yel-low except on the breast,and the black throatpatch almost wanting,sometimes slightly in- Dickcissel dicated by dusky spots. In summer it is abun-dant west of the Alleghanies in weedyfields, and the common notes it uttersare expressed by its name. (Black-throated Bunting.) Length, 6| ; wing, 3^(2|-3|) ; taili^ 2\ ; tarsus,I; culmeii, ^ ormore. East-ern United States to theRocky Mountains; breed-ing from Texas to southernOntario, and wintering innorthern Soutli rare east of the
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