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
160. 5. Emberiza Savanna, Bon. Savannah Bunting.
Plate CIX. Male and Female.
Outer four quills almost equal; tail emarginate, with the feathers
pointed. Upper parts light greyish-brown, streaked with dusky; smaller
wing-coverts like the back; a faint yellow band over the eye, and a
faint whitish band in the middle of the crown; two whitish bands on
the wing, formed by the tips of the first row of small coverts and the
secondary coverts, the latter very inconspicuous, quills and
tail-feathers dusky brown, edged with paler, the lateral tail-feathers
merely of a lighter tint; cheeks dull yellow, streaked with brown;
lower part white, the throat and sides streaked with dusky.
_Male_, 5-1/2, 8-1/2.
From Texas to the Columbia River, and along the whole Atlantic coast
to Nova Scotia. Extremely abundant during winter in all the Southern
States. Breeds from Maryland eastward.
Savannah Finch, Fringilla savanna, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. iv. p.
72.
Fringilla savanna, Bonap. Syn. p. 109.
Savannah Sparrow, Fringilla savanna, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 489.
Savannah Finch, Fringilla savanna, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. ii. p.
63; v. v. p. 516.
161. 6. Emberiza pallida, Swains. Clay-coloured Bunting.
Plate CCCXCVIII. Fig. 2. Male.
Bill more slender and pointed than in the preceding species; wings
more rounded, the second, third, and fourth quills being about equal,
the first and fifth equal; tail long, emarginate, and a little
rounded, upper parts light yellowish-brown, streaked with
brownish-black, the streaks on the rump fainter; quills and
tail-feathers greyish-brown, margined with brownish-white; over the
eye a band of brownish-white; cheeks pale brown; sides of neck very
light buff; the rest of the lower parts greyish-white, the sides
tinged with greyish-brown. Female similar to the male, but with less
yellow on the sides of the neck.
_Male_, 5-2/12, wing 2-7/12.
Platte River, Missouri Plains, and Fur Countries. Common. Migratory.
Emberiza pallida, Clay-coloured Bunting, Swains. & Rich. F.
Bor. Amer. v. ii. p. 251.
Clay-coloured Bunting, Emberiza pallida, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. v.
p. 66.
162. 7. Emberiza passerina, Wils. Yellow-winged Bunting.
Plate CXXX. Male.
Bill very short and stout; tail-feathers acute. Upper parts light
greyish-brown, mixed on the neck with ash-grey, the central parts of
all the feathers brownish-black, the margins of those of the back
bright chestnut; upper part of the head brownish-black, with a
longitudinal central line of yellowish-white, and a yellow line over
each eye; secondary coverts dusky, margined with greyish-white; the
edge of the wing at the flexure bright yellow; quills and
tail-feathers dusky brown, margined with whitish; lower parts pale
yellowish-grey, the fore neck and lower tail-coverts of a richer tint;
the sides inclining to grey, and faintly streaked with dusky.
_Male_, 4-9/12, 8.
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