Ornithology

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1889 Excerpt: ... ed. 1882, No. 27C; B. N. W. 1874, 154.--B. B. & R. Hist. N. Am. B. i, 1874,566,pi. 25, figs. 9, 10--Ridgw. Norn. N. Am. B. 1881, No. 206. Hab. Breeding from northern Labrador to the Rocky Mountains, and south to at least latitude 48 on the Sierra Nevada in California and the higher ranges of Colorado. In winter, most of the eastern United States, wintering chiefly south of 38; also, portions of Mexico, including Cape St. Lucas. "sp. Char. Head, above, upper half of loral region from the bill, and a narrow line through and behind the eye to the occiput, black; a longitudinal patch in the middle of the crown, and a short line from above the anterior corner of the eye, the two confluent on the occiput, white. Sides of the head, forepart of breast, and lower neck all round, pale ash,lightest beneath, and shading insensibly into the whitish of the belly and chin; sides of the belly and under tail-coverts tinged with yellowish brown. Interscapular region streaked broadly with dark chestnut-brownish. Edges of the tertiaries brownish chestnut. Two white bands on the wing. Female. Similar but smaller; immature birds in first winter, with the black and white stripes on the crown replaced by dark chestnut-brown and brownish yellow. Length, 7.10 inches; wing, 3.25. Young of the year thickly streaked with dusky on the breast. The lateral stripes of the crown dull brown, the median one streaked whitish." "The white of the crown separates two black stripes on either side, rather narrower than itself. The black line behind the eye is continued anterior to it into the black at the base of the bill. The lower eyelid is white. There are some obscure cloudings of darker on the neck above. The rump is immaculate. No white on the tail except very obscure tips...