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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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middle toe;toes scutellate above, free; claws arched, slender, compressed, acute. Plumage blended, soft and tufty. Wings of ordinary length, considerablycurved, the second quill longest, the first little shorter. Tail rather short, alittle rounded, of twelve rather narrow, obtuse feathers. Bill blackish-brown above, greenish-grey beneath. Iris hazel. Feet flesh-colour. General colour of the upper parts deep green, tinged with brown.Head and lower parts light brownish-yellow, the former with four longitu-dinal black bands, of which one on each side proceeds from the middle ofthe upper mandible, the other from the inferior angle of its base. The lowerpart of the neck anterior^, and the fore part of the breast are more yellowthan the rest of the under parts; the abdomen and under tail-coverts nearlywhite. Length 5^ inches, extent of wings Sj; bill along the ridge yj, along thegap f; tarsus £-, middle toe f. The female hardly differs from the male in external appearance. N° 22. PL 106.
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