. A popular handbook of the ornithology of the United States and Canada [microform] : based on Nuttal's Manual. Birds; Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. ULIVL-SIDKI) J'lACATCHKR. CONTOI'US I!()R1;ALIS. CilAK. AIxH'c. dull olive Iirnwn, chukcr r)n head, paler nn rum]); tn ' du>ky. tipped with gray; wiiiys dusky, with grav hand; lower parts y^ :- lowish white ; flanks pale olive. Length 7'4 to S inches. . Saddled on hori/onial limb of tall tree; of twigs and grass linid with grass and moss. •^'^CC-f- 3-5; creamy white, spotted near larger end with reddish brown and pale
. A popular handbook of the ornithology of the United States and Canada [microform] : based on Nuttal's Manual. Birds; Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. ULIVL-SIDKI) J'lACATCHKR. CONTOI'US I!()R1;ALIS. CilAK. AIxH'c. dull olive Iirnwn, chukcr r)n head, paler nn rum]); tn ' du>ky. tipped with gray; wiiiys dusky, with grav hand; lower parts y^ :- lowish white ; flanks pale olive. Length 7'4 to S inches. . Saddled on hori/onial limb of tall tree; of twigs and grass linid with grass and moss. •^'^CC-f- 3-5; creamy white, spotted near larger end with reddish brown and pale purple; X o.(')5. This remarkable s])eeies. wliidi appertains to the groiii) of Pcwecs, was in tlie woods of Mount Auburn, in tlii^ vicinity, by Mr. John Hethune. of Cambridge, on the 7th of June, i^'.^o. 'I'his, :\nd a second s]-»ccimen ac(juired soon aflerwnrds, were females on the poin: of imnibation. A thin! indi\idu;il of the same sex was killed on the 2Tst of Juiu. ;r. They were all of them fat, and had their stomachs filled with toni fragments of wild bees, wasps, and other sim- ilar insects. I have watched the motions of two other li\ in;: individuals who aj^peared tyrannical and qtiarrclsome even with each other: the attack was always accompanied with a whir- ring, querulous twitter. Their dis]Mite was apparently, like that of savages, about the rights of their respective huntiii,^- grounds. One of the birds, the female, whom I usually -:nv alone, was uncommonly sedentary. The territory she sceii'!. 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 Chamberlain, Montague, 1844-1924; Nuttall, Thomas. A manual of the ornithology of the United States and of Canada. Boston : Little, Brown
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