. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. Buteo sKainatmi (Nevada). AihiUfemnk (.")8,507, (treat Salt Lake City, Utah, May; C. King, R. Pidgway). Sim- ilar to tl.^ male, but pectoral area , like the back; blaekish-brown of upper surface untingeil with rufous, all the feathers, however, fading on edges; bands of the tail .scarcely distinguishable on outer webs; white of forehead very restricted; lining of the wing barred with small cordate or deltoid spots of black; under surface of primaries plain deep slate. Ab
. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. Buteo sKainatmi (Nevada). AihiUfemnk (.")8,507, (treat Salt Lake City, Utah, May; C. King, R. Pidgway). Sim- ilar to tl.^ male, but pectoral area , like the back; blaekish-brown of upper surface untingeil with rufous, all the feathers, however, fading on edges; bands of the tail .scarcely distinguishable on outer webs; white of forehead very restricted; lining of the wing barred with small cordate or deltoid spots of black; under surface of primaries plain deep slate. Abdomei and sides variegated with a few irregular longitudinal spots, and on the latter, transverse bars of dark brown; tibiaj with faint bars of Fourth • [uiU longest; third scarcely shorter; .second very slightly shorter than fifth; first inter- mediate between seventh and eighth. Length, ; extent, ; wiiig, ; tail, ; tarsus, ; middle toe, (Weight, 2J lbs.) Young (10,701, Rocky Mountains, September; C. Drexler). Head, neck, and entire lower parts line delicate light oehraeeous, or cream-color; feathers of the crown, occiput, and neck, eaeli with a medial stripe of black, of less amount, however, than the oehra- eeous ; forehead, supraoral region, and ear-coverts, with onl/ a few very fine hair-like .shaft-streaks; on the chin, and across the checks, are longitudinal spaces of blended streaks of black, the latter forming a conspicuous "mustache''; sides of the breast with large ovate .spots of black; middle of the breast with less numerous, smaller, and more longitudinal ones of the .same; sides, flanks, and abdomen, with broad hastate spots, more irregidar and transverse on the former; throat, tibiie, anal region, and lower tail- coverts immaeulale. Upjjcr sm-face generally, deep black; feathers borderearred with white and black. Tail. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally en
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