. Review of American birds in the Museum of the Smithsonian Instution. [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. â ^ ⢠â¢v'' 4 -â â ' ,», |-'>i.''r;;'VH;: â â¢:" â ' III' " ' 'â ''' -il â â â =â â â i:L;.^i;_ â ^-, ., â¢.^..;.:â:â . p '' 'â ' .-'^ :â f'^'' ,> .â '. â 'â . .â 1:'. â ;' ';f ' '- 442 REVIEW OF AMERICAN BIRDS. [part I. still more diiferent: the more distinct dark transverfie waved linos extend over the whole nnder surface from chin, except about the anal region ; the upper parts almost continuously ochrey hrowii; tilt' black eye stripe indicated only by rather dusky ears; the
. Review of American birds in the Museum of the Smithsonian Instution. [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. â ^ ⢠â¢v'' 4 -â â ' ,», |-'>i.''r;;'VH;: â â¢:" â ' III' " ' 'â ''' -il â â â =â â â i:L;.^i;_ â ^-, ., â¢.^..;.:â:â . p '' 'â ' .-'^ :â f'^'' ,> .â '. â 'â . .â 1:'. â ;' ';f ' '- 442 REVIEW OF AMERICAN BIRDS. [part I. still more diiferent: the more distinct dark transverfie waved linos extend over the whole nnder surface from chin, except about the anal region ; the upper parts almost continuously ochrey hrowii; tilt' black eye stripe indicated only by rather dusky ears; the wliito at base of primaries nearly or entirely wanting; the white at end of tail feathers more restricted. Every grade of coloration between these extremes is to be met with. As usual in American birds, the more boreal specimens are de- cidedly tlie larger. The species probably does not breed within the limits of the United States, except possibly in the northeri»i)ortiuns of the mountain regions; but in winter it is found over the entire breadth of the country to quite a southern latitude. LaniuH major, Pallas, Zoog. Rosso-As. I, 1831, 401, and Key- SERLINU & Blasius, Wirb. Europas, 1,1840, Ix, and 193, from North- eastern Europe and Siberia, judging from the description, appears to resemble ftoreaZis in size and other characters; the dark inner webs of the secondaries ; the diminished amount of black anterior to the eye ; the whitish rump, and the waved lines of the under parts, as well as in having the tarsus shorter than the gape. The rump, however, is said to be waved transversely with dusky, and the eyelids to be white, as in excuhitor, not black. The differences in color of C. borealis from ludovicianiis and excubitoroideti are shown in the preliminary diagnoses. The bird is stouter in form, with proportionally longer bill, and decidedly shorter tarsi. The tarsi are considerably shorter than those of excubitnroides. Specimens exami
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