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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
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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ively engaged in the study of ornithology, and myworks containing numerous evidences of the assistance he has rendered bothto science and to myself. Brewers Blackbird, Quiscalus Brewerii, Aud. 10, 16*. Found on the Upper Missouri river, and Yellow Stone, &c. The old male measures from the point of the bill to end of tail 10 inches;alar extent 16i; wing from flexure 5i; bill along the ridge f, along the gap^-. The first quill is decidedly the longest, the second and third shorter, andthe rest rapidly decreasing. The bill and feet black, irides pale yellow.Tarsus 1^; hind toe ^, its claw §; middle toe f, its claw i. The general colour is deep glossy black, with rich purple reflections onthe head, cheeks and lower sides of the neck; after which the reflections arefirst blue, and afterwards green. The lower parts are slightly glossed withgreen. Tail 4 inches. The female is somewhat smaller and duller in all its tints. Bill to end oftail 9;- inches; wing from flexure 4^-. N?99. PL493.
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?z>65ftar. , i »/?..1,:. i/ftt fnnt«JJL-a,/?trS7&m«fi,6i* 347 FAMILY XV.*—FRINGILLIN^. FINCHES.Genus Il.f—EMBERIZA, Linn. BUNTING. SHATTUCKS BUNTING.Emberiza Shattuckii, Aud. PLATE CCCCLXLIIL—Male. This handsome little species is found quite abundant throughout thecountry bordering on the Upper Missouri. It inhabits with particularpartiality the small vallies found here and there along the numerousravines running from the interior, and between such hills as I have alreadymentioned. Its usual demeanour resembles much that of the ChippingBunting, Emberiza socialis of Wilson, and like it, it spends much of itstime in singing its monotonous ditties; whilst its mate is engaged in thepleasing task of incubation. When approached it will dive and conceal itselfeither amid the low bushes around, or will seek a large cluster or patch ofwild roses, so abundant in that section of country, and the fragrance of whichwill reach the olfactory nerve of the traveller or gunner for many

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