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Title: Illustrations of the birds of California, Texas, Oregon, British and Russian America. : Intended to contain descriptions and figures of all North American birds not given by former American authors, and a general synopsis of North American ornithology.
Year: 1862 (1860s)
Authors: Cassin, John, 1813-1869 J.B. Lippincott & Co., publisher White, George G. (George Gorgas), d. 1898, ill Hitchcock, William E., lithographer Bowen, John T., ca. 1801-1856?, lithographer
Subjects: Birds
Publisher: Philadelphia: : J.B. Lippincott & Co.
Contributing Library: University of Pittsburgh Library System
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Pittsburgh Library System

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Body above, wings and central tail feathers, fine parrot-like green, deepeston the tail, entire inferior surface of the body pale yellowish green.External tail feathers, pale yellow. Bill and feet dark colored. The greenfeathers of the tail running into blue at their ends, and nearly black ontheir under surface. Sexes similar. Habitat. Mexico and Texas.—Specimens in the Museum of theAcademy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. Observations. The present species we regard as deviating in somedegree from the characters of the typical species of this genus, as is the casewith other species to which it is nearly related. We do not at present,however, consider them as presenting peculiar characters sufiicient toconstitute a distinct genus, though that excellent ornithologist, the Princeof Canino, has given to this group the generic name of Xanthoura, whichembraces the species now before us, C. yuoas (Boddaert) and X. quati-malensis. Bonap. (Consp. Av. p. 380.) Cassins flluslrations Plate 2
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i;eo,3.mite.dfI DTa-yro on stone Ijj WEHitcteodcY , - . ^y. ^ y LitiPLHitecl!cCo%JTBi)wen,PhLlai Melaoerpes foumiciforus jJjta/my MELANERPES FORMICIVORUS.—(Swainson.) The Californian Woodpeckek.PLATE II.—Male and female. The most richly colored Woodpeckers of North America, at least in ouropinion, are two of the most abundant species. We allude to the bird nowbefore us, and to the well-known red-headed Woodpecker, Melanerpeserythrocephalus, (Linn.) in both of which the prevailing colors are afine glossy black and a rich crimson. Were the latter bird less common in the Atlantic States, his claims tobe considered one of our finest plumaged species would perhaps be moredistinctly recognised, and his very showy head of the finest crimson couldnot fail to attract admirers. As, however, he has the disadvantage of anattributed disposition to take liberties entirely forbidden by the farmer andgardener, and is moreover to be seen in almost every woodland in thesummer season, his gay appear

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