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
21. D. virens. Olive-green above, the crown and back
without streaks; beneath white, the breast and anal region
tinged with black. _Hab._ Eastern Province of North America,
from Greenland to Panama; Cuba; Oaxaca; Heligoland, Europe!
_Black of throat confined anteriorly to the jugulum; no yellow
spot on forehead._
22. D. townsendi. Above olive-green, the crown and back
with conspicuous black streaks; beneath yellow anteriorly,
and white posteriorly. ♀, black of throat mixed with yellow;
_juv._, no black on throat, and streaks on back obsolete.
_Hab._ North and Middle Province of United States, south, in
winter, into Guatemala.
B. Sides not streaked; black of throat with its posterior
outline convex.
23. D. occidentalis. Above ash tinged with olive; beneath
white. Head nearly all yellow. ♂. Top of head yellow with a
few small black spots; nape black; back streaked with black;
sides pure white. (♀ not seen.) _Juv._ Yellow of crown
overlaid by olive; above greenish-plumbeous, without any
black on nape or back; throat yellowish-whitish; sides tinged
with ashy. _Hab._ Western and Middle Province of United
States, south to Guatemala.
Group C.
A. Above ash; no supra-loral stripe; eyelids not yellow.
24. D. kirtlandi. Above, including side of head and neck,
bluish-ash; crown and back streaked with black; beneath
(except crissum) pale yellow; breast speckled, and sides
streaked with black; lores and orbital region, black; eyelids
white. _Hab._ Eastern Province of United States (Cleveland,
Ohio), and Bahamas.
25. D. pityophila.[50] Above, including side of head and
neck, dull ash; the forehead and crown olive-green; crown and
back not streaked; beneath white; the throat and jugulum
yellow; sides ashy; no specks on breast, nor streaks on
sides, but a few along side of neck, between the ash and
yellow. _Hab._ Cuba.
B. Olive-green or brown above; a supra-loral stripe of yellow;
eyelids yellow.
_a._ Above olive-green, without streaks; crissum white; sides
of breast with obsolete grayish streaks.
26. D. pinus. Forehead and ear-coverts olive; abdomen
white; yellow supra-loral stripe not continued behind the
eye. ♀ more grayish; _juv._ above umber, beneath light
grayish-brown, tinged with yellow. _Hab._ Eastern Province of
United States; Bahamas.
? 27. D. montana. Forehead and ear-coverts yellow; abdomen
yellow; yellow supra-loral stripe continued past the eye into
the yellow of the auriculars. (♀ and other stages unknown.)
_Hab._ “Blue Mountains of Virginia.”
_b._ Above olive-green, the back streaked with chestnut;
crissum yellow; streaks of black on sides.
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