. The birds of America : from drawings made in the United States and their territories . he outer, pure white; the middleof the breast and abdomen, with the axillaries and lower wing-coverts,yellow. Length to end of tail S-£ inches; wing from flexure 4|; tail 3-2%; bill alongthe ridge ~^, along the edge of lower mandible T§; tarsus \\; hind toe yf, itsclaw T52; middle toe jS, its claw yf. Adult Female. The female is much less beautiful. The bill is of a lighter brown above,brownish-white beneath, with the edges and tip of the lower mandible lightbrown; the feet and claws wood-brown. The upper
. The birds of America : from drawings made in the United States and their territories . he outer, pure white; the middleof the breast and abdomen, with the axillaries and lower wing-coverts,yellow. Length to end of tail S-£ inches; wing from flexure 4|; tail 3-2%; bill alongthe ridge ~^, along the edge of lower mandible T§; tarsus \\; hind toe yf, itsclaw T52; middle toe jS, its claw yf. Adult Female. The female is much less beautiful. The bill is of a lighter brown above,brownish-white beneath, with the edges and tip of the lower mandible lightbrown; the feet and claws wood-brown. The upper parts are wood-brown,the head darker, with three longitudinal bands of brownish-white; a band ofreddish-white across the hind neck, the feathers of the back margined withwhitish; the wings marked as in the male, but with brownish-white; thetail without white spots. The lower parts are of a much paler tint thanthose of the male; the axillars and lower wing-coverts yellow. Length to end of tail S^ inches; bill along the ridge f^; tarsus -f^; middletoe and claw 1-fV. N° 42. PI 2 0
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