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Identifier: birdsofamericafr01audu (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
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rn., vol. vi. p. 116. Young Female.Falco velox, Bonap. Syn., p. 29.Falco fuscus, Bonap. Syn., Append., p. 433.Accipiter Pennsylvanicus, Slate-coloured Hawk, Swains, and Rich. F. Bor. Amer., vol. ii. p. 41.American Brown or Slate-coloured Hawk, Nutt. Man., vol. ii. p. 87.Sharp-shinned or Slate-coloured Hawk, Falco fuscus, Aud. Amer. Orn., vol. iv. p. 522. Adult. Tail even, tarsi extremely slender. Adult male bluish-grey above; thetail with four broad bands of blackish-brown, and tipped with white; upperpart of head darker; lower parts transversely barred with light red and white,the throat white, longitudinally streaked. Female similar, more tinged withyellow beneath, and* with the bands on the breast broader. Young umber-brown above, more or less spotted with white, the tail with four dark brownbars; lower parts white, each feather with a longitudinal narrow, oblong,brown spot. Miniature of Falco Cooperii, and intimately allied to tdsturNisus. Male \\(, 20^. Female 14, 26. N°6. J426.
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H&ernvmtm 0uforr60ry ■n tan i i ! ltadubon.r.H Liih-1 lVmied S Coif t» J T h.~<-n Hahd? 105 Genus XL—CIRCUS, Bechst. HARRIER. Bill short, compressed; upper mandible with the dorsal line sloping tobeyond the cere, then decnrved, the sides sloping*, the edge with a festoon alittle anterior to the nostril, the tip acute; lower mandible with the dorsalline ascending and convex, the tip rounded. Nostrils large, ovato-oblong,with an oblique ridge from their upper edge. Head of moderate size, oblong,neck rather short; body slender. Legs long and slender; tarsi long, com-pressed, anteriorly and posteriorly scutellate; toes slender, scutellate unlessat the base; claws long, compressed, moderately curved, flat beneath, acumi-nate. Plumage very soft; a distinct ruff of narrow feathers from behind theeye on each side to the chin, the aperture of the ear being very large.Wings long, much rounded, the fourth quill longest; outer four quills withtheir inner webs sinuate. Tail straight, l

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