. 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. Illustrated by 6 steel plates and upwards of 250 woodcuts. Birds. -> V. ii'' i( 156 ICTEEIDiE, AMERICAN STARLINGS. GEN. 89, 90. Red-ivinged Blackbird. (plate iv, all the figs.) Lesser wing coverts scarlet, broadly bordered by brownish-yellow, or brownish-white, the middle row of coverts being entirely of this color; sometimes the greater row, likewise, are mostly similar, producing a patch on the wing near
. 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. Illustrated by 6 steel plates and upwards of 250 woodcuts. Birds. -> V. ii'' i( 156 ICTEEIDiE, AMERICAN STARLINGS. GEN. 89, 90. Red-ivinged Blackbird. (plate iv, all the figs.) Lesser wing coverts scarlet, broadly bordered by brownish-yellow, or brownish-white, the middle row of coverts being entirely of this color; sometimes the greater row, likewise, are mostly similar, producing a patch on the wing nearly as large as the red one ; occasionally, there are traces of red on the edge of the wing and below. In some Eastern specimens the bordering is almost pure white. United States from Atlantic to Pacific, very abundant. WiLS., iv, 30, pi. 30; NuTT., i, 167 ; AuD., iv, 31, 216 ; Bd., 526. . phceniceus. Var. GUBEENATOK. Lcsser wing coverts scarlet, narrowly or not at all bordered, the next row having black tips for all or most of their exposed portion, so that the brownish-yellow of their bases does not show much, if any. Pacific Coast. Nutt., 1, 2d ed., 187 ; Aud., iv, 29, pi. 215 ; Bd., 529 ; Coop., 263. Var. TKicoLOE. Lesser wing coverts dark red, bordered with pure white. California. Kgtt., i, 2d ed., 186 ; Aud., iv, 27, pi. 214 ; Bd., 530 ; Coop., 265. / 90. Genus XANTHOCEPHALUS Baird. \ -' Yelloiv-lieaded BlacMnrd. $ black, whole head (except lores), neck and upper l.)reast yellow, and sometimes yellowish feathers on the belly and legs ; a largo white patch on the wing, formed by the jirimary, and a few of the outer secondai}-, coverts ; 10-11; wing 5J ; tail 4J. J aud young browuish-. FiG. 98. Yellow-headed Blackbird. black, with little or no white on the wing, the yellow restricted or obscured; ? m?«c7j smaller than the $—9J, etc. A handsome bird, abundant on the prairies and marshes from Illinois and Wisconsin, westward ; N. to 58° and even Greenland {Reinhardl). Nutt
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