Zoology of the Northern Parts of British America (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1831 Excerpt: ...somewhat shorter, yet wider at the base and with a more acute ridge than that of the Syhicola coronata, and straighter than that of the Syhicola maculosa: the basal bristles do not exceed the length of the nostrils. Wings, when folded, more than an inch short of the end of the tail. First quill feather the longest, second and third nearly a line shorter in succession. All the tail feathers are of equal length; but from their inner webs being rounded off at the tip, the tail appears emarginated. DESCRIPTION Of a female, from Mr. Swainson's museum. Colour.--Dorsal aspect of the head, neck, scapulars, and interscapulars, oil-green, with narrow blackish-brown central stripes; the posterior part of the back and shorter tail coverts inclining to grey, the stripes less frequent. Quills and tail coloured nearly as in the male, the bands on the wings, &c, being pale primrose-yellow, instead of white. The under plumage pale buff-yellow, whiter down the middle; sides of the neck, breast, and flanks spotted with black. A yellow streak passes from the nostrils over the eyes. Length 5 inches; of the tail, 2% inches; of the folded wing, 2 inches; and of the tarsus, J inch. A young male, also in Mr. Swainson's collection, differs from the female only in the upper plumage having broader central black stripes, and in the under plumage having merely some faint touches of yellow, being for the most part greyish-white, with more numerous and distinct black spots on the sides of the neck and breast. Its dimensions correspond with those of the female. Dimensions Of the male. Inch. Lin. Inch, Lin. Inch. Lie. Length total...60 Length of bill above..0 5 Length of claw..02 of tail..2 3 of tarsus..09 of hind toe.. 0 3 of folded wing.3 0 of middle toe....