. Review of American birds in the Museum of the Smithsonian Instution. [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. ,,_; . ..^j.:.* - *â â ;â 'â -. :.- ': ' T"'^i I i ,^. p, .< -i ^ :â ,â â â ,::i-i_- g;â 'â -- ;. â. Female birds generally similar, but gmaller. (No. 1,418, %.) Frtish speciuieu: Total length, ; expanse of wings ,'5; wing from carpal joint, Prepared specimen : Total length, SJf,; wing, ; tail, ; difference between Ist and 2d primaries, .17, of Sth and 2d, .10, of 9th and longest, .86; length of bill from forehead, .70, from nostril, .42, along gape, .86 ;
. Review of American birds in the Museum of the Smithsonian Instution. [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. ,,_; . ..^j.:.* - *â â ;â 'â -. :.- ': ' T"'^i I i ,^. p, .< -i ^ :â ,â â â ,::i-i_- g;â 'â -- ;. â. Female birds generally similar, but gmaller. (No. 1,418, %.) Frtish speciuieu: Total length, ; expanse of wings ,'5; wing from carpal joint, Prepared specimen : Total length, SJf,; wing, ; tail, ; difference between Ist and 2d primaries, .17, of Sth and 2d, .10, of 9th and longest, .86; length of bill from forehead, .70, from nostril, .42, along gape, .86 ; , .77 ; middle toe and claw, .t5, claw aloue, .20; hind toe and claw, .48, claw alone, .21. In No. 1,418 the second qnill is longest, the third and fourth a little shorter; the first or outer a little less than the fourth, much longer than the fifth. In other specimens the first quill is longer than the fourth; generally, it may be said, that the first quill 'h always (or with rare exceptions) nearly equal to the fourth, some- times a little longer, sometimes a little shorter; always much longer than the fifth, the second quill always longest of all. There is some variation in color in this species, both individnal and .seasonal. In No. 34,081, %, from Iowa, the colors are purer and brighter.; the ash of crown dark aiid clear, without the olivace- ous wash so frequently met with. The dusky markings about the head are almost black, and there is almost no yellowish whatever on the crissum. Autumnal and late summer specimens are much more brigh \ colored; the olive clearer, the gray of head more sharply dofnicd, and the crissum and axillars with a strong tinge of yellowish. In only a single spring specimen out of twenty is there a positive, though still pale sulphur yellow crissum, all others showing this faintly or not at all. The most brightly colored autumnal skin in the series is No. 22,308 (Washington, October), in which the colors are nearly as vivid as in
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