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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 Libraries
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e nostril over the eye, and all the lower parts bright yellow; theupper parts yellowish-olive; wings brown, the feathers margined with yel-lowish-olive; tail light greenish-brown. Female similar, without the blackband on the cheek and neck, and the black of the head less extended. Male, 5^-, S. Valley of the Mississippi, and Kentucky. Migratory. Magnolia auriculata, Wilid. Sp. PI., vol. ii. p. 1268. Pwsch, Flor. Amer., vol. ii. p.482. Mich. Arbr. Forest, de lAmer. Septentr., vol. iii. p. 1)4. PI. 7.—Polyandria Po-lygynia, Linn.—Magnolle, Juss. This species, which is remarkable for the beauty of its foliage, is knownin America by the names of white cucumber tree, long-leaved cucumbertree, and Indian pin/sic. The latter name it has obtained from the circum-stance of its bark being used in intermittent fevers. It is characterized byits rhomboido-oboval acute leaves, which are narrowed and two-lobed at thebase; and its ovate acute petals. The flowers are greenish-white. JNTOl5 PI. 75.
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/ if.. _■/ ■ ■ .... i d*l« .1 i iw.-i rMUri 21 WILSONS FLYCATCHING-WARBLER. -^ Myiodioctes Wilsojui.—Bonap. PLATE LXXV.—Male and Female. This species passes rapidly through the United States on its way to theNorthern Districts, where it breeds and spends the summer. Wilson sawonly a few specimens, which he met with in the lower parts of Delaware andNew Jersey, and supposed it to be an inhabitant of the Southern States,where, however, it is never found in the summer months. It is not rare inthe State of Maine, and becomes more abundant the farther north we pro-ceed. I found it in Labrador and all the intermediate districts. It reachesthat country early in June, and returns southward by the middle of August. It has all the habits of a true Flycatcher, feeding on small insects, whichit catches entirely on the wing, snapping its bill with a smart clicking sound.It frequents the borders of the lakes, and such streams as are fringed withlow bushes, from which it is seen every mom

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