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
1. T. mustelinus. Beneath nearly pure white, with rounded
blackish spots over the whole breast, sides, and upper part
of abdomen; wing, 4.25; tail, 3.05; culmen, .80; tarsus,
1.26. _Hab._ Eastern Province United States, south to
Guatemala and Honduras. Cuba and Bermuda of West Indies.
2. _Spots beneath triangular, on breast only._
B. Entirely uniform in color above,—olivaceous, varying to
reddish or greenish with the species. Beneath whitish, with a
wash of brownish across the breast and along sides. Spots
triangular, and confined to the breast. Nest on trees or bushes;
eggs blue spotted with brownish; except in _T. fuscescens_, which
nests on the ground, and lays plain blue eggs.
_a. No conspicuous light orbital ring._
2. T. fuscescens. Yellowish-rufous or olive-fulvous above; a
strong wash of pale fulvous across the throat and jugulum,
where are very indistinct cuneate spots of same shade as the
back. Wing, 4.10; tail, 3.00; culmen, .70; tarsus, 1.15.
_Hab._ Eastern Province of North America. North to Nova
Scotia and Fort Garry. West to Great Salt Lake. South (in
winter) to Panama and Brazil. Cuba.
3. T. aliciæ. Grayish clove-brown above; breast almost white,
with broad, blackish spots; whole side of head uniform
grayish. Wing, 4.20; tail, 3.20; culmen, .77; tarsus, 1.15.
_Hab._ Eastern Province North America from shore of Arctic
Ocean, Fort Yukon, and Kodiak to Costa Rica. West to Missouri
River. Cuba.
_b. A conspicuous orbital ring of buff._
4. T. swainsoni.
Greenish-olive above, breast and sides of head strongly
tinged with buff. Spots on breast broad, distinct, nearly
black. Length, 7.00; wing, 3.90; tail, 2.90; culmen, .65;
tarsus, 1.10. _Hab._ Eastern and Middle Provinces of North
America. North to Slave Lake, south to Ecuador, west to
East Humboldt Mountains … var. _swainsoni_.
Brownish-olive above, somewhat more rufescent on wing;
breast and head strongly washed with dilute rufous. Spots
on breast narrow, scarcely darker than back. Wing, 3.85;
tail, 3.00; culmen, .70; tarsus, 1.10. _Hab._ Pacific
Province of United States. Guatemala … var. _ustulatus_.
C. Above olivaceous, becoming abruptly more reddish on upper
tail-coverts and tail. Spots as in _swainsoni_, but larger and
less transverse,—more sharply defined. An orbital ring of pale
buff. Nest on ground; eggs blue, probably unspotted.
5. T. pallasi.
Olivaceous of upper parts like _ustulatus_. Reddish of
upper tail-coverts invading lower part of rump; no marked
difference in tint between the tail and its upper coverts.
Flanks and tibiæ yellowish olive-brown; a faint tinge of
buff across the breast. Eggs plain. Wing, 3.80; tail, 3.00;
culmen, .70; tarsus, 1.20. _Hab._ Eastern Province of
United States (only?) … var. _pallasi_.
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