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
Base of primaries with white patch.
Two white bands on wing _Series I._
No white bands on wing _Series II._
Base of primaries without white patch.
Rump yellow.
Crown with a yellow spot _Series III._
Crown without a yellow spot _Series IV._
Rump not yellow.
Throat white (with black streaks in _striata_
and _pharetra_) _Series V._
Throat yellow or orange _Series VI._
Throat black, or mixed with black _Series VII._
_Series I._
7. D. olivacea. ♂. Head and neck, all round, fine light
orange-rufous; a broad black “spectacle” along side of the
head. ♀. Head yellowish, dusky on top; spectacle obsolete.
_Hab._ Whole of Eastern Mexico; Guatemala.
_Series II._
8. D. cærulescens. ♂. Head dark blue above and black
underneath; a black patch covering whole lateral and under
side of head and lateral lower parts. Rest of upper parts
dark blue; bases of primaries and abdomen pure white. ♀.
Above olive, with a light superciliary stripe; beneath wholly
light greenish-buff; base of primaries white. _Hab._ Eastern
Province of United States; in winter south into Cuba,
Jamaica, and St. Domingo.
_Series III._
9. D. coronata. A yellow patch on each side of the breast;
above ashy streaked with black; belly white. ♂. Breast more
or less black; upper parts ash with a bluish tinge. ♀. Breast
only streaked with black; ash of upper part grayish or
brownish.
Throat white; a white superciliary streak; two white bands
on wing. _Hab._ Eastern Province of North America, north to
Alaska and Greenland; in winter south to Panama and West
Indies (resident in Jamaica!) … var. _coronata_.
Throat yellow; no white superciliary streak; one white
patch formed by the fusion of the two bands on the wing.
_Hab._ Western Province of North America from British
Columbia, south to Cape St. Lucas and Jalisco, Western
Mexico; east to Rocky Mountains. … var. _auduboni_.
_Series IV._
10. D. maculosa. Whole lower parts bright yellow; black
streaks across breast and along sides; crown ash; lores,
auriculars, and back black. ♀ scarcely different. _Hab._
Eastern Province of North America, from Fort Simpson to
Panama; Cuba and Bahamas.
_Series V._
A. Above ashy-blue, or soft bluish-green.
11. D. cærulea. Lower parts pure white or greenish-white;
with or without a narrow band across the breast; above fine
ashy-blue, or soft bluish-green; if blue (♂), the back and
crown streaked with black; if green (♀ and _juv._), these
streaks obsolete. _Hab._ Eastern Province of United States
(rare northward except in Mississippi Valley), south to
Bogota in winter; Cuba.
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