The birds of America - from drawings made in the United States and their territories (1840) (14563626817)

Identifier: birdsofamericafr02audu (find matches)

Title: The birds of America : from drawings made in the United States and their territories

Year: 1840 (1840s)

Authors: Audubon, John James, 1785-1851 Bowen, John T., ca. 1801-1856?, lithographer

Subjects: Birds Birds

Publisher: New York : Published by J.J. Audubon Philadelphia : J.B. Chevalier

Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries

Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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g the eyes, and terminating in a pointedform half-way down the neck; behind which is a narrower band of very paleblue; a slender white streak under the eye. Fore part of the neck brightochre-yellow, the rest of the under parts pale brownish-yellow, fading intowhite on the abdomen and under tail-coverts. Upper parts dull greyish-olive, on the head tinged with red. Inner webs of the quills deep brown. Length 5^ inches, extent of wings 5^; bill along the ridge X2? along thegap §-; tarsus \\. Adult Female. The female has the upper parts lighter, the under parts tinged withreddish-brown, and wants the two bands on the head, which is of a palebrownish-red colour. The Snow-drof Tree, Silver-bell Tree, or Wild Olive. Halesia tetraptera, Willd. Sp. PL, vol. ii. p. 849. Pursch, Flor. Amer., vol. ii. p. 448.—Monadelphia Decandria, Linn.—Gcaiacan-e, Juss. Leaves ovate, acuminate, serrate; flowers with twelve stamina; the fruitrhomboidal. It grows in shady woods, generally near rivers. *H —

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% ^A 3 \ i j \j V 81 DELAFIELDS GROUND-WARBLER. ~j-Trichas Delafieldii, Jlnd. PLATE CIIL—Male. This beautiful little bird I named in honour of Colonel Delafield,President of the Lyceum of Natural History in the city of New York, agentleman distinguished by his scientific attainments, not less than by thoseaccomplishments and virtues which tend to improve and adorn society. Itso much resembles the Maryland Yellow-throat, (Trichas Marilandica,)Sylvia Trichas of the older authors, Trichas personatus of Swainson, thatone might readily confound the two species. The differences between themwill be easily seen on comparing their descriptions. The only specimen inmy possession was obtained from Mr. Townsend, who procured it inCalifornia. Delafields Yellow-throat, Sylvia Delafieldii, Aud. Orn. Biog., vol. v. p. 307. Bill longish, nearly straight, conico-subulate, rather broader than high atthe base, compressed toward the end, acute; upper mandible with the dorsalline declinato-convex, the ri

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