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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

1. S. sialis. No chestnut on the back; throat reddish;
    abdomen and crissum white.

      Blue of a rich dark purplish shade. Tail about 2.75. _Hab._
      Eastern Province United States, Cuba, and Bermudas …
                                                       var. _sialis_.

      Blue of a greenish shade. Tail about 3.20. _Hab._ East
      Mexico and Guatemala …                       var. _azurea_.[26]

    2. S. mexicana. Chestnut, in greater or less amount, on the
    back; throat blue; abdomen and crissum blue. _Hab._ West and
    South Middle Province United States, south to Jalapa,
    Cordova, and Colima.

  B. _Breast blue (light drab in ♀)._

    3. S. arctica. Entirely rich greenish-blue; abdomen white.
    _Hab._ Middle Province United States; Fort Franklin, British
    America.


Sialia sialis, BAIRD.

EASTERN BLUEBIBD.

  _Motacilla sialis_, LINN. S. N. 1758, 187 (based on CATESBY, I, pl.
     xlvii). _Sialia sialis_, BAIRD, Birds N. Am. 1858, 222; Rev.
     62.—BOARDMAN, Pr. Bost. Soc. 1862, 124 (Calais, Me.; very
     rare).—DRESSER, Ibis, 1865, 465 (Texas, winter).—SAMUELS, B. N.
     Eng., 175. _Sialia wilsoni_, SWAINSON, Zoöl. Jour. III, 1827,
     173.—CAB. Jour. 1858, 120.—GUNDLACH, Cab. Jour. 1861, 324;
     Repertorio, 1865, 230.—JONES, Nat. Bermuda, 1859, 28, 66
     (resident in Bermuda). _Sylvia sialis_, LATH.; _Ampelis sialis_,
     NUTT.; _Erythraca wilsoni_, SW.
  Figures: VIEILLOT, Ois. Am. Sept. II, pl. ci, cii, ciii.—WILS. I,
    pl. iii.—AUD. Orn. Biog. II, pl. cxiii.—IB. B. A. II, pl.
    cxxxiv.—DOUGHTY, Cab. I, pl. xii.

SP. CHAR. Entire upper parts, including wings and tail, continuous and
uniform azure-blue; the cheeks of a duller tint of the same. Beneath
reddish-brown; the abdomen, anal region, and under tail-coverts white.
Bill and feet black. Shafts of the quills and tail-feathers black.
Female with the blue lighter, and tinged with brown on the head and
back. Length, 6.75; wing, 4.00; tail, 2.90.

_Young._ Males of the year dull brown on head and back; and lesser
coverts streaked, except on head, with white. Throat and fore part of
breast streaked with white. Tertials edged with brown. Rest of
coloration somewhat like adult.

HAB. Eastern United States; west to Fort Laramie, Milk River; north to
Lake Winnipeg; resident in Bermuda; Cuba (rare), GUNDLACH.

A specimen from Guatemala (50,411 ♂, Van Patten) referrible to the
var. _azurea_ is undistinguishable in color from North American
examples; the wings and tail are longer, however, measuring
respectively 4.20 and 3.00.

  [Illustration: _Sialia sialis._]

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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

1. S. sialis. No chestnut on the back; throat reddish;
    abdomen and crissum white.

      Blue of a rich dark purplish shade. Tail about 2.75. _Hab._
      Eastern Province United States, Cuba, and Bermudas …
                                                       var. _sialis_.

      Blue of a greenish shade. Tail about 3.20. _Hab._ East
      Mexico and Guatemala …                       var. _azurea_.[26]

    2. S. mexicana. Chestnut, in greater or less amount, on the
    back; throat blue; abdomen and crissum blue. _Hab._ West and
    South Middle Province United States, south to Jalapa,
    Cordova, and Colima.

  B. _Breast blue (light drab in ♀)._

    3. S. arctica. Entirely rich greenish-blue; abdomen white.
    _Hab._ Middle Province United States; Fort Franklin, British
    America.


Sialia sialis, BAIRD.

EASTERN BLUEBIBD.

  _Motacilla sialis_, LINN. S. N. 1758, 187 (based on CATESBY, I, pl.
     xlvii). _Sialia sialis_, BAIRD, Birds N. Am. 1858, 222; Rev.
     62.—BOARDMAN, Pr. Bost. Soc. 1862, 124 (Calais, Me.; very
     rare).—DRESSER, Ibis, 1865, 465 (Texas, winter).—SAMUELS, B. N.
     Eng., 175. _Sialia wilsoni_, SWAINSON, Zoöl. Jour. III, 1827,
     173.—CAB. Jour. 1858, 120.—GUNDLACH, Cab. Jour. 1861, 324;
     Repertorio, 1865, 230.—JONES, Nat. Bermuda, 1859, 28, 66
     (resident in Bermuda). _Sylvia sialis_, LATH.; _Ampelis sialis_,
     NUTT.; _Erythraca wilsoni_, SW.
  Figures: VIEILLOT, Ois. Am. Sept. II, pl. ci, cii, ciii.—WILS. I,
    pl. iii.—AUD. Orn. Biog. II, pl. cxiii.—IB. B. A. II, pl.
    cxxxiv.—DOUGHTY, Cab. I, pl. xii.

SP. CHAR. Entire upper parts, including wings and tail, continuous and
uniform azure-blue; the cheeks of a duller tint of the same. Beneath
reddish-brown; the abdomen, anal region, and under tail-coverts white.
Bill and feet black. Shafts of the quills and tail-feathers black.
Female with the blue lighter, and tinged with brown on the head and
back. Length, 6.75; wing, 4.00; tail, 2.90.

_Young._ Males of the year dull brown on head and back; and lesser
coverts streaked, except on head, with white. Throat and fore part of
breast streaked with white. Tertials edged with brown. Rest of
coloration somewhat like adult.

HAB. Eastern United States; west to Fort Laramie, Milk River; north to
Lake Winnipeg; resident in Bermuda; Cuba (rare), GUNDLACH.

A specimen from Guatemala (50,411 ♂, Van Patten) referrible to the
var. _azurea_ is undistinguishable in color from North American
examples; the wings and tail are longer, however, measuring
respectively 4.20 and 3.00.

  [Illustration: _Sialia sialis._]

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

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