A Synopsis of the Birds of North AmericaAudubon, John James
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A Synopsis of the Birds of North America
Audubon, John James
Birds -- Classification; Birds -- North America
Male with the upper part of the head crimson; the sides of the neck,
its fore part, the breast, and flanks, rich carmine; a band edging the
forehead, the loral space, and the throat, brownish-black; the hind
part of the head, the neck, the fore part of the back, and the
scapulars deep-brown, streaked with pale yellowish-brown; the feathers
on the rump margined with whitish, and tipped with carmine; feathers
of the wings and tail brown, edged with yellowish-brown, of which
there are two bands on the wings formed by the tips of the secondary
coverts and first row of small coverts; middle of the breast, abdomen,
and lower tail-coverts white, tinged with rose-colours; the sides
longitudinally streaked with dusky. Female somewhat less, with the
back of the forehead and throat more brown, less red on the head, and
little or none on the rump or lower parts, which are white, the breast
and flanks streaked with dusky. Young with the feathers of the upper
parts blackish-brown, edged with yellowish-brown, the rump
yellowish-grey, the lower parts dull white, streaked with
blackish-brown; no red on any part.
_Male_, 5, 8-3/4.
From Pennsylvania and New Jersey to Maine, in winter; inland, to
Kentucky. Breeds in Maine, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, Labrador, and
the Fur Countries. Abundant. Migratory.
Lesser Redpoll, Fringilla linaria, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. iv. p.
42.
Fringilla linaria, Bonap. Syn. p. 112.
Linaria minor, Lesser Redpoll, Swains. & Rich. F. Bor. Amer.
v. i. p. 267.
Lesser Redpoll, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 512.
Lesser Redpoll, Fringilla Linaria, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. iv. p.
533.
180. 3. Linaria pinus, Wils. Pine Linnet.
Plate CLXXX. Male and Female.
Upper parts yellowish-grey, streaked with dark brown; feathers of the
wings dusky, the primaries margined with yellow, of which there is a
patch formed by the bases of all the quills, except the outer three,
and a few of the inner; tips of first row of small coverts, secondary
coverts and outer edges of secondary quills dull white; tail-feathers
dusky, their bases and outer edges yellow; lower parts greyish-white,
streaked with brown, the fore neck tinged with reddish.
_Male_, 4-9/12, 8-1/2.
Wanders during winter to South Carolina, Louisiana, and Kentucky.
Breeds north of the United States, in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and
Labrador. Columbia River. Plentiful.
Pine Finch, Fringilla pinus, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. ii. p. 133.
Fringilla pinus, Bonap. Syn. p. 111.
Pine Finch, Fringilla pinus, Nutt. Man. v.i. p. 511.
Pine Finch, Fringilla pinus, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. ii. p. 455; v.
v. p. 509.
GENUS VIII. CARDUELIS, Cuv. GOLDFINCH.
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