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
Second quill longest, third almost equal, first and fourth nearly
equal; tail slightly emarginate; upper parts dark olivaceous brown;
the head darker, wings and tail blackish-brown, secondary coverts
tipped with brownish-white, and secondary quills margined with the
same; outer edges of lateral tail-feathers pale brownish-grey; fore
part of neck, breast, and sides light dusky grey tinged with olive,
abdomen pale dull yellow, lower tail-coverts brownish-grey margined
with yellowish-white.
_Male_, 6-9/12, wing 3-1/4.
Columbia River. Fur Countries. Labrador. Rare. Migratory.
Tyrannula Richardsonii, Swainson's Short-legged Pewit, Swains.
& Rich. F. Bor. Amer. v. ii. p. 146.
Short-legged Pewee Flycatcher, Muscicapa Richardsonii, Aud.
Orn. Biog. v. v. p. 299.
62. 9. Muscicapa acadica, Gmel. Small Green-crested Flycatcher.
Plate CXLIV. Male and Female.
Bill broad and much depressed; second quill longest, third a little
shorter, first shorter than fourth; tail scarcely emarginate, upper
parts dull greenish-olive, the head darker; wings and tail
dusky-brown; two bands of dull pale yellow on the wing, the secondary
quills broadly edged and tipped with the same; a narrow ring of
yellowish-white round the eye; throat greyish-white; sides of neck and
fore part of breast greyish-olive, the rest of the lower parts
yellowish-white.
_Male_, 5-1/2, 8-1/2.
From Texas northward. Migratory.
Small Green Crested Flycatcher, Muscicapa querula, Wils. Amer.
Orn. v. ii. p. 77.
Small Pewee, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 288.
Muscicapa acadica, Bonap. Syn. p. 68.
Small Green-Crested Flycatcher, Muscicapa acadica, Aud. Orn.
Biog. v. ii. p. 256; v. v. p. 427.
63. 10. Muscicapa fusca, Gmel. Pewee Flycatcher.
Plate CXX. Male and Female.
Wing much rounded, third quill longest, fourth scarcely shorter, but
considerably longer than second, first intermediate between sixth and
seventh; tail emarginate; upper parts dull olive, the head much
darker; quills and tail dusky brown, secondaries and their coverts
edged with pale brown; outer tail-feathers whitish on the outer edge,
unless toward the tip; lower parts dull yellowish white, the breast
tinged with grey.
_Male_, 7, 9-1/2.
Throughout the United States, and northward. Spends the winter in vast
numbers in the southern parts.
Pewit Flycatcher, Muscicapa nunciola, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. ii.
p. 78.
Muscicapa fusca, Bonap. Syn. p. 68.
Pewit Flycatcher or Phœbe, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 278.
Pewee Flycatcher, Muscicapa fusca, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. ii. p.
122; v. v. p. 424.
64. 11. Muscicapa virens, Linn. Wood Pewee Flycatcher.
Plate CXV. Male.
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