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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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longer primaries; the first primary has a slight spotat the base of the outer web, and two spots on the inner; the second has twospots on the outer, and three on the inner web; all the primaries except thetwo outer have a terminal white spot, the secondaries two, one on the outer,the other on the inner web. The four middle tail-feathers are black, therest white toward the end, that colour enlarging so as to include almost thewhole of the outer feathers. The lower parts are dull white, having a tingeof brown, the sides very faintly barred with dusky. Length to end of tail 7 inches; extent of wings 13-£; bill along the ridgejf, along the edge of lower mandible 1; wing from flexure 4;; tail 2T5f;tarsus T92; hind toe T\, its claw ff; second toe T55, its claw jf; third toe -f3^,its claw -f;; fourth toe ff, its claw -fS As Dr. Trttdeau remarks, this species resembles the Hairy and DownyWoodpeckers in plumage, but is very distinct, and is intermediate in sizebetween them. X? 54. PI. 2 6 6.
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