. 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 . ghest feather, carmine toned down to more pink or rosy. In winter, bill yellow, changingto black through various cloudings. 9, in summer: While generally like $, having black FRING
. 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 . ghest feather, carmine toned down to more pink or rosy. In winter, bill yellow, changingto black through various cloudings. 9, in summer: While generally like $, having black FRINGILLID^: FINCHES, BUNTINGS, SPARROWS, ETC. 351 bill and ikj ash ou head, averages a little smaller, and is much duller colored; bruvvu parts ofa grayish cast; rosy reduced or almost extinguished, chiefly traceable ou rump and wing-coverts ; abdomen scarcely tinted, and (|uills and tail-feathers with whitish instead of rosy edg-ings. Wing , averaging little over ; tail , average Coloradoand New Mexico, breeding up to 12,000 feet; a curious southerly local race of the tephrocotis. (Gr. T((f)p6s, tcjihros, gray ; ovs, wros, ous, otos, the ear. Fig. 214.) SwAlN-SONs Rosy Finch. Sexes similar. Adult ^, in Itrceding plumage or nearly so : Bill and feetblack. Nasal plumules white. Frontlet black; rest of pileum hoary-ash, not descendingbelow level of eyes and upper border of -s^j. auriculars (for when the ash invades thesides t)f head to any extent, the birdtakes the first step toward litoralis, inwliich the head is extensively hooded inash). General color, sides of head in-chided, chocolate or liver-brown of vary-ing intensity, many featliers skirted withgray or whitish, especially the inter-scapulars, which also have dusky centres,and inclining to blackish on chin andthroat. Hinder parts of the body aboveand below, including tail-coverts, rich Fig. 214. - Rosy Finch, reduced. (Sheppard-lei. Nichols sc.)rosy or carmine red, this color due to broad
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