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
Passes from Texas to Connecticut; breeds from Maryland to Connecticut.
Columbia River. Rather Common. Migratory.
Yellow-winged Sparrow, Fringilla passerina, Wils. Amer. Orn.
v. iii. p. 76.
Fringilla passerina, Bonap. Syn. p. 109.
Savannah Finch or Yellow shouldered Bunting, Nutt. Man. v. i.
p. 494.
Yellow-crowned Sparrow, Fringilla passerina, Aud. Orn. Biog.
v. ii. p. 180; v. v. p. 497.
163. 8. Emberiza Henslowii, Aud. Henslow's Bunting.
Plate LXX. Male.
Bill very stout; wings short, convex, the first quill equal to the
fourth, and scarcely shorter than the second and third; tail
emarginate and rounded, with the feathers acute. Upper parts light
yellowish-brown, streaked with brownish-black, the margins of the
feathers on the back and scapulars light red; the edge of the wing
pale yellow; quills dusky, primaries edged with brownish-yellow,
secondaries with light red; tail-feathers dusky, the outer margined
with yellowish-brown, the middle more broadly with light red; lower
parts light brownish-yellow, the abdomen and throat paler, the sides
of the neck and body, and the fore part of the breast streaked with
black.
_Male_, 5.
Winters in Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, and Florida. Breeds
from Maryland to New York. Abundant. Accidental in Ohio.
Henslow's Bunting, Emberiza Henslowii, Nutt. Man. App. v. ii.
p.
Henslow's Bunting, Emberiza Henslowii, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. i.
p. 360; v. v. p. 498.
* Wings considerably rounded, with the third and fourth quills
longest. Tail rather long, emarginate.
164. 9. Emberiza pusilla, Wils. Field Bunting.--Field Sparrow.
Plate CXXXIX. Male.
Bill light brownish-red; upper part of the head chestnut-red; anterior
part of the back streaked with dusky, bright chestnut, and
yellowish-grey; a faint ring on the neck, a band over the eyes, and
the throat pale bluish-grey; rump yellowish-grey; quills and tail
dusky brown, the former margined with light red, the latter with
yellowish-grey, lower parts greyish-white, the sides of the neck and
body, and the fore part of the breast, tinged with yellowish-brown.
_Male_, 6, 8.
From Texas to Maryland, in Kentucky and the intermediate parts, during
winter. Breeds from Maryland to Maine. Abundant.
Field Sparrow, Fringilla pusilla, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. ii. p.
121.
Fringilla pusilla; Bonap. Syn. p. 110.
Field or Rush Sparrow, Fringilla juncorum, Nutt. Man. v. i. p.
499.
Field Sparrow, Fringilla pusilla, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. ii. p.
229.
165. 10. Emberiza socialis, Wils. Chipping Bunting.--Chipping Sparrow.
Plate CIV. Male.
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