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Name: A History of North American Birds; Land Birds; Vol. 3 of 3
Author: Baird, Spencer Fullerton

Baird, Spencer Fullerton

Birds -- North America

_Adult._ Rufous markings beneath, in form of detached bars, not
      exceeding the white ones in width; dark slate of the pileum
      and nape abruptly contrasted with the bluish-plumbeous of the
      back; upper tail-coverts narrowly tipped with white; scapulars
      with concealed spots of white. _Young._ White beneath pure;
      tibiæ with narrow longitudinal spots of brown. Wing, 9.00–11.00;
      tail, 8.00–9.80; culmen, .65–.80; tarsus, 2.45–2.75; middle
      toe, 1.55–1.85. _Hab._ Eastern region of North America; Eastern
      Mexico …

                                                         var. _cooperi_.

      _Adult._ Rufous markings beneath, in form of broader bars,
      connected along the shaft, almost uniform on the breast; black of
      the pileum and nape fading gradually into the dusky plumbeous of
      the back; upper tail-coverts not tipped with white, and scapulars
      without concealed spots of the same. _Young._ White beneath
      strongly tinged with ochraceous; tibiæ with broad transverse spots
      of brown. Wing, 8.50–10.60; tail, 7.50–10.50; culmen, .60–.75;
      tarsus, 2.10–2.75; middle toe, 1.30–1.75. _Hab._ Western region of
      North America; Western Mexico …

                                                       var. _mexicanus_.


Nisus fuscus (GMEL.) KAUP.

SHARP-SHINNED HAWK.

  _Falco fuscus_, GMEL. Syst. Nat. p. 283, 1789.—LATH. Ind. Orn. p. 43,
  1790; Syn. I, 98, 1781; Gen. Hist. I, 283, 1821.—MILL. Cim. Phys.
  pl. xviii, 1796.—DAUD. Tr. Orn. II, 86, 1800.—SHAW, Zoöl. VII, 161,
  1809.—AUD. B. Am. pl. ccclxxiii, 1821; Orn. Biog. IV. 522, 1831.—BREW.
  (WILS.) Am. Orn. 685, 1852.—PEAB. B. Mass. III, 78, 1841.—THOMP. Nat.
  Hist. Verm. p. 61, 1842.—NUTT. Man. 87, 1833. _Accipiter fuscus_,
  BONAP. Eur. & N. Am. B. p. 5, 1838; Consp. Av. 32, 1850.—GRAY, List
  B. Brit. Mus. 38, 1844; Gen. B. fol. sp. 4, 1844.—CASS. B. Cal. &
  Tex. 95, 1854; Proc. Ac. Nat. Sc. Phil. 1855, 279; Birds N. Am.
  1858, 18.—STRICKL. Orn. Syn. I, 108, 1855.—WOODH. Sitgr. Exp. Zuñi
  & Colorad. p. 61, 1853.—COOPER & SUCKLEY, P. R. R. Rep’t, VII,
  ii, 146, 1860.—HEERM. Williamson’s Rep. 33.—NEWB. Williamson’s
  Rep. 74.—COUES, Pr. Ac. Nat. Sc. Phil. Jan. 1866, p. 7.—BLAKIST.
  Ibis, III, 1861, 317 (fresh eggs).—GRAY, Hand List, I, 32, 1869.
  _Astur fuscus_, DE KAY, N. Y. Zoöl. II, 17, pl. ii, fig. 2 (juv.
  ♂), 1844.—GIRAUD, B. Long Isl’d, p. 19, 1844. _Nisus fuscus_, KAUP,
  Monog. Falc. Cont. Orn. 1850, p. 64. _Falco dubius_, GMEL. Syst.
  Nat. 1789, p. 281.—LATH. Ind. Orn. p. 43, 1790; Syn. Supp. I, 37,
  1802; Gen. Hist. I, 279, 1821.—DAUD. Tr. Orn. 1800, II, 122. _Falco
  velox_, WILS. Am. Orn. pl. xlv, f. 1, 1808.—BONAP. An. Lyc. N. Y. II,
  29, 1433; Isis, 1832, p. 1137. _Accipiter velox_, BEECH. Voy. Zoöl.
  p. 15. _Astur velox_, JAMES. (WILS.) Am. Orn. I, 68, 1831. _Falco
  pennsylvanicus_, WILS. Am. Orn. pl. xlvi, fig. 1, 1808.—LATH. Gen.
  Hist. I, 280, 1820.—TEMM. Pl. Col. 67.

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

Baird, Spencer Fullerton

Birds -- North America

_Adult._ Rufous markings beneath, in form of detached bars, not
      exceeding the white ones in width; dark slate of the pileum
      and nape abruptly contrasted with the bluish-plumbeous of the
      back; upper tail-coverts narrowly tipped with white; scapulars
      with concealed spots of white. _Young._ White beneath pure;
      tibiæ with narrow longitudinal spots of brown. Wing, 9.00–11.00;
      tail, 8.00–9.80; culmen, .65–.80; tarsus, 2.45–2.75; middle
      toe, 1.55–1.85. _Hab._ Eastern region of North America; Eastern
      Mexico …

                                                         var. _cooperi_.

      _Adult._ Rufous markings beneath, in form of broader bars,
      connected along the shaft, almost uniform on the breast; black of
      the pileum and nape fading gradually into the dusky plumbeous of
      the back; upper tail-coverts not tipped with white, and scapulars
      without concealed spots of the same. _Young._ White beneath
      strongly tinged with ochraceous; tibiæ with broad transverse spots
      of brown. Wing, 8.50–10.60; tail, 7.50–10.50; culmen, .60–.75;
      tarsus, 2.10–2.75; middle toe, 1.30–1.75. _Hab._ Western region of
      North America; Western Mexico …

                                                       var. _mexicanus_.


Nisus fuscus (GMEL.) KAUP.

SHARP-SHINNED HAWK.

  _Falco fuscus_, GMEL. Syst. Nat. p. 283, 1789.—LATH. Ind. Orn. p. 43,
  1790; Syn. I, 98, 1781; Gen. Hist. I, 283, 1821.—MILL. Cim. Phys.
  pl. xviii, 1796.—DAUD. Tr. Orn. II, 86, 1800.—SHAW, Zoöl. VII, 161,
  1809.—AUD. B. Am. pl. ccclxxiii, 1821; Orn. Biog. IV. 522, 1831.—BREW.
  (WILS.) Am. Orn. 685, 1852.—PEAB. B. Mass. III, 78, 1841.—THOMP. Nat.
  Hist. Verm. p. 61, 1842.—NUTT. Man. 87, 1833. _Accipiter fuscus_,
  BONAP. Eur. & N. Am. B. p. 5, 1838; Consp. Av. 32, 1850.—GRAY, List
  B. Brit. Mus. 38, 1844; Gen. B. fol. sp. 4, 1844.—CASS. B. Cal. &
  Tex. 95, 1854; Proc. Ac. Nat. Sc. Phil. 1855, 279; Birds N. Am.
  1858, 18.—STRICKL. Orn. Syn. I, 108, 1855.—WOODH. Sitgr. Exp. Zuñi
  & Colorad. p. 61, 1853.—COOPER & SUCKLEY, P. R. R. Rep’t, VII,
  ii, 146, 1860.—HEERM. Williamson’s Rep. 33.—NEWB. Williamson’s
  Rep. 74.—COUES, Pr. Ac. Nat. Sc. Phil. Jan. 1866, p. 7.—BLAKIST.
  Ibis, III, 1861, 317 (fresh eggs).—GRAY, Hand List, I, 32, 1869.
  _Astur fuscus_, DE KAY, N. Y. Zoöl. II, 17, pl. ii, fig. 2 (juv.
  ♂), 1844.—GIRAUD, B. Long Isl’d, p. 19, 1844. _Nisus fuscus_, KAUP,
  Monog. Falc. Cont. Orn. 1850, p. 64. _Falco dubius_, GMEL. Syst.
  Nat. 1789, p. 281.—LATH. Ind. Orn. p. 43, 1790; Syn. Supp. I, 37,
  1802; Gen. Hist. I, 279, 1821.—DAUD. Tr. Orn. 1800, II, 122. _Falco
  velox_, WILS. Am. Orn. pl. xlv, f. 1, 1808.—BONAP. An. Lyc. N. Y. II,
  29, 1433; Isis, 1832, p. 1137. _Accipiter velox_, BEECH. Voy. Zoöl.
  p. 15. _Astur velox_, JAMES. (WILS.) Am. Orn. I, 68, 1831. _Falco
  pennsylvanicus_, WILS. Am. Orn. pl. xlvi, fig. 1, 1808.—LATH. Gen.
  Hist. I, 280, 1820.—TEMM. Pl. Col. 67.

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