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A History of North American Birds; Land Birds; Vol. 1 of 3Baird, Spencer Fullerton

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A History of North American Birds; Land Birds; Vol. 1 of 3

Name: A History of North American Birds; Land Birds; Vol. 1 of 3
Author: Baird, Spencer Fullerton

Baird, Spencer Fullerton

Birds -- North America

_Motacilla varia_, LINN. S. N. I, 1766, 333. _Certhia varia_,
    VIEILLOT; AUDUBON. _Mniotilta varia_, VIEILLOT, Gal. Ois. I, 1834,
    276, pl. clxix.—AUDUBON.—BAIRD, Birds N. Am. 1858, 235; Rev.
    167.—SCLATER, P. Z. S. 1858, 298 (Oaxaca, Xalapa); 1859, 363
    (Xalapa); 1855, 143 (Bogota); 1856, 291 (Cordova); 1864, 172 (City
    of Mex.)—IB. Catal. 1861, 25, no. 162.—SCL. & SALV. Ibis, 1859,
    10 (Guatemala).—NEWTON, Ibis, 1859, 143 (Santa Cruz;
    winter).—CAB. Jour. III, 475 (Cuba; winter).—BRYANT, Pr. Bost.
    Soc. 1859 (Bahamas; April 20).—GOSSE, Birds Jam. 134 (Jamaica;
    winter).—JONES, Nat. Bermuda, 1859, 29 (October).—CAB. Jour.
    1860, 328 (Costa Rica).—LAWRENCE, Ann. N.Y. Lyc. 1861, 322
    (Panama R. R.; winter).—GUNDL. Cab. Journ. 1861, 326 (Cuba; very
    common). _Certhia maculata_, WILS. _Mniotilta borealis_, NUTT.
    _Mniotilta varia_, var. _longirostris_, BAIRD, Birds N. Am. 1858,
    xxxi, no. 167.—IB. Catal. in 8vo, 1869, no. 167.
  Figures: AUD. Orn. Biog. V, pl. xc; Birds Am. II, pl. cxiv.—WILSON,
    Am. Orn. III, pl. xix.

  [Line drawing: _Mniotilta varia_, Vieill.]

SP. CHAR. Bill with the upper mandible considerably decurved, the
lower straight. General color of the male black, the feathers broadly
edged with white; the head all round black, with a median stripe in
the crown and neck above, a superciliary and a maxillary one of white.
Middle of belly, two conspicuous bands on the wings, outer edges of
tertials and inner of all the wing and tail feathers, and a spot on
the inner webs of the outer two tail-feathers, white. Rump and upper
tail-coverts black, edged externally with white. Female similar; the
under parts white, obsoletely streaked with black on the sides and
under tail-coverts. Length, 5 inches; wing, 2.85; tail, 2.25.

HAB. Eastern Province of North America, and north to Fort Simpson.
Both coasts of Mexico (as far north as Mazatlan, on west side), and
southward to Bogota. Whole of West Indies and Bermuda.

_Localities quoted._ Bahamas; Bermuda; Cuba; Jamaica; Santa Cruz; West
Indies; Cordova, Xalapa, Oaxaca, Mex.; Guatemala; Panama R.R.; Bogota.

Specimens breeding in the Southern States differ in rather longer bill
and less amount of black, but are otherwise undistinguishable.

  [Illustration: _Mniotilta varia._
                  18685]

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A History of North American Birds; Land Birds; Vol. 1 of 3Baird, Spencer Fullerton

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A History of North American Birds; Land Birds; Vol. 1 of 3

Baird, Spencer Fullerton

Birds -- North America

_Motacilla varia_, LINN. S. N. I, 1766, 333. _Certhia varia_,
    VIEILLOT; AUDUBON. _Mniotilta varia_, VIEILLOT, Gal. Ois. I, 1834,
    276, pl. clxix.—AUDUBON.—BAIRD, Birds N. Am. 1858, 235; Rev.
    167.—SCLATER, P. Z. S. 1858, 298 (Oaxaca, Xalapa); 1859, 363
    (Xalapa); 1855, 143 (Bogota); 1856, 291 (Cordova); 1864, 172 (City
    of Mex.)—IB. Catal. 1861, 25, no. 162.—SCL. & SALV. Ibis, 1859,
    10 (Guatemala).—NEWTON, Ibis, 1859, 143 (Santa Cruz;
    winter).—CAB. Jour. III, 475 (Cuba; winter).—BRYANT, Pr. Bost.
    Soc. 1859 (Bahamas; April 20).—GOSSE, Birds Jam. 134 (Jamaica;
    winter).—JONES, Nat. Bermuda, 1859, 29 (October).—CAB. Jour.
    1860, 328 (Costa Rica).—LAWRENCE, Ann. N.Y. Lyc. 1861, 322
    (Panama R. R.; winter).—GUNDL. Cab. Journ. 1861, 326 (Cuba; very
    common). _Certhia maculata_, WILS. _Mniotilta borealis_, NUTT.
    _Mniotilta varia_, var. _longirostris_, BAIRD, Birds N. Am. 1858,
    xxxi, no. 167.—IB. Catal. in 8vo, 1869, no. 167.
  Figures: AUD. Orn. Biog. V, pl. xc; Birds Am. II, pl. cxiv.—WILSON,
    Am. Orn. III, pl. xix.

  [Line drawing: _Mniotilta varia_, Vieill.]

SP. CHAR. Bill with the upper mandible considerably decurved, the
lower straight. General color of the male black, the feathers broadly
edged with white; the head all round black, with a median stripe in
the crown and neck above, a superciliary and a maxillary one of white.
Middle of belly, two conspicuous bands on the wings, outer edges of
tertials and inner of all the wing and tail feathers, and a spot on
the inner webs of the outer two tail-feathers, white. Rump and upper
tail-coverts black, edged externally with white. Female similar; the
under parts white, obsoletely streaked with black on the sides and
under tail-coverts. Length, 5 inches; wing, 2.85; tail, 2.25.

HAB. Eastern Province of North America, and north to Fort Simpson.
Both coasts of Mexico (as far north as Mazatlan, on west side), and
southward to Bogota. Whole of West Indies and Bermuda.

_Localities quoted._ Bahamas; Bermuda; Cuba; Jamaica; Santa Cruz; West
Indies; Cordova, Xalapa, Oaxaca, Mex.; Guatemala; Panama R.R.; Bogota.

Specimens breeding in the Southern States differ in rather longer bill
and less amount of black, but are otherwise undistinguishable.

  [Illustration: _Mniotilta varia._
                  18685]

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