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
B. Above not ashy-blue nor bluish-green, but streaked with
black upon an ashy greenish-olive or yellowish ground, or else
bright olive-green.
_a._ Sides more or less rufous, and without black or dusky
streaks on under surfaces.
12. D. pennsylvanica. ♂. Crown pure yellow; throat and
auriculars pure white; ♀ _ad._ similar, but crown greenish,
and more or less streaked. _Juv._ Above bright olive-green,
nearly grass-green, _without streaks_ except on the back;
side of head, and sides, clear ashy, the latter with or
without a trace of chestnut; eyelids and medial lower parts
pure white. _Hab._ Eastern Province of United States, south
to Panama; Bahamas.
13. D. castanea. ♂. Crown reddish-chestnut; throat and
sides rufous; auriculars black. ♀ similar, but crown thickly
streaked, sometimes without a trace of rufous; jugulum and
throat only tinged with rufous. _Juv._ Above greenish-olive,
streaks obsolete; beneath, _including lower tail-coverts_,
pale greenish-buff, or whitish-buff, and without any trace of
streaks on the sides (distinction from ♀ of _D. striata_) the
sides usually with a tinge of chestnut. _Hab._ Eastern
Province of North America, from Hudson’s Bay Territory to New
Granada.
_b._ Sides without any rufous, and with black or dusky streaks.
_Medial lower parts not streaked; inner webs of tail-feathers
with broad patch of white._
14. D. striata. ♂. Crown deep black; auriculars and lower
parts white; throat with two series of black streaks,
converging and forming an angle on the chin. Above ashy
streaked with black. ♀ similar, but crown greenish streaked
with black; lower parts tinged with greenish. _Juv._ Above
greenish-olive, the streaks obsolete; beneath pale
greenish-yellow; _the lower tail-coverts pure white_. _Hab._
Eastern Province of North America, north to Greenland and
Kodiak, south to Bogota, Cuba, and Bahamas.
_Medial lower parts streaked with black; inner webs of
tail-feathers merely edged with white._
15. D. pharetra.[48] ♂. Above grayish-white, with broad
streaks of black; posteriorly, plain brownish-gray; lower
parts with cuneate spots of black. _Hab._ Jamaica.
_Series VI._
A. A black “mask” around the eye and on auriculars, and
extending down the side of the throat; a light superciliary
stripe continued back into a large space, of similar color, on
side of neck.
16. D. blackburniæ. Crown with an orange or yellowish spot
(exposed or concealed); superciliary stripe, side of neck and
throat, intense orange-red (♂ ad.), or varying from this to
pale buff (_juv._). ♀ intense black above; back streaked with
white or yellowish. ♀ olive-gray above, streaked with black.
_Juv._ olive-gray above without distinct streaks. _Hab._
Eastern Province of United States, south to Ecuador; Bahamas.
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