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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 Institution Libraries
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ale, and the circumstances of breeding, Iam not acquainted. Red-and-white-winged Troopial, Icterus tricolor, And. Orn. Biog-., vol. v. p. 1. Male, 9; wing, 5. North California. Abundant. Migrator)7. Adult Male. Bill nearly as long as the head, conical, straight, moderately stout, taperingto a fine point; upper mandible with the dorsal line nearly straight, being alittle convex at the base, the ridge a little flattened toward the base, whereit runs into a short tapering process, the sides rounded, the edges inflected,the tip a little depressed; lower mandible higher at the base than the upper,with the angle rather short and wide, the sides rather flat at the base, convextoward the end, the edges inflected, the tip acute; the gap-line straight, butat the base deflected. Nostrils oval, in the fore part of the short nasaldepression. Head of moderate size, ovate, with the forehead flattened; neck short;body moderately stout. Feet of ordinary length; tarsus rather stout, com- N°43. PL 215.
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X.X ^£<5^^/2^2i#^^^ -/£%/<:/£/tc tst / Mule -2\JTemalts. i / .y..- HihonJiKS.FLX /.,//,• Ir,jUssl A. Col<*lyJ TBirwen-PhJad- CRIMSON-WINGED TROOPIAL. 29 pressed, with seven large anterior scutella, of which the upper are blended,and two lateral plates meeting at an acute angle behind; toes rather large,compressed, the first much stronger, the outer a little shorter than the inner;claws large, arched, compressed, acute. Plumage soft, blended, glossy, the feathers ovate and rounded, Wings ofordinary length, the second and third quills longest and equal, the firstshorter than the fourth; the outer secondaries abrupt, and slightly repand.Tail of twelve broadly rounded feathers, rather long, almost even, the lateralfeathers being only two-twelfths of an inch shorter than the longest. Bill and feet black, iris hazel. The general colour of the plumage is glossybluish-black; the smaller wing-coverts deep carmine, their lower row white. Length to end of tail 9 inches; bill along

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