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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
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hose of the primary coverts, and a patch of the same formed bythe bases of the outer primaries; the quills dusky brown, slightly marginedwith whitish, the inner secondaries with light red; the tail darker, all thefeathers excepting the middle terminated by white, which on the outer oc-cupies more than a third of its length, and extends nearly to the base of theouter web. Below the eye is a white streak; the cheeks are light red, withan anterior black spot; under them a broad white band extends from thelower mandible and curves upwards, separated from the throat, which is white,by a short line of black on each side. The lower parts are yellowish-white,the lower part of the neck greyish, the sides tinged with greyish-brown, thelower wing-coverts greyish-white. Length to end of tail 6h inches; extent of wings Si; bill along the ridgef;, along the edge of lower mandible T7?; wing from flexure 3rV, tail 3; tar-sus y^; hind toe yf, ils claw ff; middle toe ff, its claw -j%. N- 32 PI JJ>9.
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ifc# Sjs/// // / / sy< s/ ^?L)//M&??jZ/. <%l% .-<£ -(...... 2 65 BAY-WINGED BUNTING. ~ Emberiza graminea, Gmel.PLATE CLIX.—Male. I have never seen the Bay-winged Bunting in any portion of Louisiana,Missouri, Kentucky, or Ohio, and am therefore inclined to look upon it as aresident of the country lying to the eastward of the range of the Alleghanies.It there occurs from Georgia to Massachusetts, both along the shores andinland, as far as the base of the mountains, and here and there on the moun-tains themselves, but seldom in places to which cultivation has not extended.I have thought it prepossessed in favour of sandy ground, and dry barrensoils. It sings sweetly, and at times for half an hour, without changing itsplace, either from the tops of the sassafras or sumach bushes which growalong the fences, or from the upper bar or stake of a fence itself. Duringthis little serenade it is easily approached, but when on the ground, where itruns nimbly and with grace, it is r

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