. Key to North American birds [microform] : 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. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. of the breast and hoWy, the axillars ami crissum, l)right yellow : a hriirlit yellow line fmin nostrils to and ai'onnd eye; lores dusky; two I)road yel- lowish winir-liars ; inner secondaries widely edged with the same ; l)ill and feet hiaekisli-piiiniheons ; eyes white. About;") inches long; wing 2i - 2A ; tail 2\ : sjtnrious (jnill :/, half as lon
. Key to North American birds [microform] : 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. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. of the breast and hoWy, the axillars ami crissum, l)right yellow : a hriirlit yellow line fmin nostrils to and ai'onnd eye; lores dusky; two I)road yel- lowish winir-liars ; inner secondaries widely edged with the same ; l)ill and feet hiaekisli-piiiniheons ; eyes white. About;") inches long; wing 2i - 2A ; tail 2\ : sjtnrious (jnill :/, half as long as the second, which about equals tho eighth: tarsus about :J ; middle toe and claw ^; I)ill nearly i. A small, compact, brightly-colored s[)ecies, al)undant in shrubbery and tangled undergrowth of the Eastern United States; noted for its sprightly manners and emphatic voice; eggs 4-5, white, speckled at large end. , ii, 2(i(!, pi. 18: XiTT., i, .'idti; Ald., iv, 140, i)l. 240; IJi)., 338, and Hev. 354. xovkiiouacknsis. • Jli(/(>itt''s VIrci). A species or variety similar to the last, but ditl'ering much as jfai;,ri'r/ilis does from nJiraceiif, in having the under parts almost entirely yellowish ; second quill al)out e. 1852: pi. 1, f. 1 ; lio., 33!), pi. 78, f. 2; l{ev. 357. . iilttoxii. i>V//'.s' l^ircd. Olive-green, brighter on rump, ashler on head, but without decided contrast; head-markings almost exat'tly as in r/ilcus; below, sul- ])hurv yellowish, only whitish on chin and middle of I)elly ; inner quills edged with whitish ; two whitish wing-bands, I)ut one more conspicuous tlian the other. Hardly or not 5 .^ -' ^ l.)ng; Ming little over 2 ; tail under 2 ; spurious (juill al)ont i the second, which ('(jUals or exceeds the seventh. A pretty little species, like a niini- aiure i/ilcits, but readily distin- guished from that species by its small >ize, i)resence of decided wing-bars, more yellowish under parts, and dilferent winir-formula. Middle rcirion,
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