. Names and portraits of birds which interest gunners, with descriptions in languages understanded of the people;. Game and game-birds; Birds. 194 BIRD NAMES. [No. 56. larly with brown or brownish black* ("Muddy-breast" now); top of head dark; the stripe over the eye light, but not white; remaining upper plumage much as in the breeding dress, but more dull in tone. Young (reaching us, the greater part of them, a little later than the adults). Upper parts dark brown and brownish gray speckled with yellow and dull white; the yellow showing no- ticeably on the crown, nape, and lower bac
. Names and portraits of birds which interest gunners, with descriptions in languages understanded of the people;. Game and game-birds; Birds. 194 BIRD NAMES. [No. 56. larly with brown or brownish black* ("Muddy-breast" now); top of head dark; the stripe over the eye light, but not white; remaining upper plumage much as in the breeding dress, but more dull in tone. Young (reaching us, the greater part of them, a little later than the adults). Upper parts dark brown and brownish gray speckled with yellow and dull white; the yellow showing no- ticeably on the crown, nape, and lower back (all the speckles of the lower back yellow); head and neck streakily marked, the. No. 56. Yonng. neck lighter in color than top of head or back; sides of head and all around base of bill white or whitish streakily marked with dusky. Under parts of plumage and sides of neck dull white freckled with brownish gray, the chin pure white, the brownish gray markings much paler on the lower surface of body, particu- larly about the abdomen, and nearly or wholly disappearing in neighborhood of vent. * These blackish markings wholly disappearing in winter, at which time the plumage throughout is practically that of the young Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Trumbull, Gurdon, 1841-1903. New York, Harper
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