The Eastern Meadowlark, Sturnella magna, is a medium-sized icterid bird, very similar in appearance…
"Pooecetes gramineus. Grass Finch. Bay-winged Bunting. Vesper-bird. Above, grayish-brown, closely and…
"Coturniculus passerinus. Yellow-winged Sparrow. Quail Sparrow. Grasshopper Sparrow. Edge of wing conspicuously…
"Ammodramus. Seaside Sparrow. Bill remarkably slender and lengthened for this family, with culmen toward…
"Ammodramus maritimus. Seaside Finch. Olive-gray, obscurely streaked on back and crown with darker and…
"Melospiza lincolni. Lincoln's Song Sparrow. Below, white, with a broad brownish-yellow belt across…
"Melospiza palustris. Swamp Song Sparrow. Crown bright chestnut, blackening on forehead, the red cap…
"Melospiza fasciata. Song Sparrow. Silver-tongue. Below, white, slightly shaded with brownish on the…
"Amphispiza bilineata. Black-throated Sparrow. Black-faced Sage Sparrow. face, chin, and throat sharply…
"Chondestes grammica. Lark Sparrow. Lark Finch. Head variegated with chestnut, black, and white; crown…
"Junco hiemalis. Eastern Snow-bird. Black Snow-bird. Blackish-ash, below abruptly pure white from the…
"Spizella domestica. Chipping Sparrow. Chipping Bird or Chippy. Hair-bird. Bill black; feet pale; crown…
"Spizella domestica. Chipping Sparrow. Chipping Bird or Chippy. Hair-bird. Bill black; feet pale; crown…
"Zonotrichia albicollis. White-throated Crown Sparrow. Peabody-bird. Crown black divided by a median…
"Zonotrichia leucophrys. White-browned Crown Sparrow. Crown pure white, enclosing on either side a broad…
"Zonotrichia albicollis. White-throated Crown Sparrow. Peabody-bird. Crown black divided by a median…
"Zonotrichia leucophrys. White-browned Crown Sparrow. Crown pure white, enclosing on either side a broad…
"Passerella iliaca. Eastern Fox Sparrow. General color above ferrugineous or rusty-red, purest and brightest…
An illustration of melica grass; "2, The panicle. a, a spikelet; b, the empty glumes; c, a flowering…
"Spiza americana. Black Throated Bunting. Above, grayish-brown, the middle of the back streaked with…
"Zamelodia ludoviciana. Rose-breasted Song Grosbeak. Adult male with the head and neck all around and…
"Zamelodia melanocephala. Black-headed Song Grosbeak. Adult male with the crown, sides of head, back,…
"Guiraca caerulea. Blue Grosbeak. Adult male: Rich dark blue, nearly uniform, but darker or blackish…
"Fig. 62 Skull of common fowl, enlarged. from nature by Dr. R.W. Shufeldt, U.S.A. The names of bones…
"Passerina cyanea. Indigo Painted Finch. Indigo-bird. Adult male: Indigo-blue, intense and constant…
"Cardinalis virginianus. Cardinal Grosbeak. Cardinal Red-bird. Virginia Nightinggale. male, adult: Rich…
A Rose-breasted Grosbeak (lower) and a Northern Cardinal (upper) sit on branches among the flowers.…
"Icterus bullocki. Bullock's Oriole. Adult male: Similarly black and orange, the orange invading the…
"Molothrus ater. Common Cowbird. Cuckold. male Adult: Lustrous green-black, with steel-blue, purple,…
"Xanthocephalus icterocephalus. Yellow-headed Blackbird. Male: Black, including lores and small space…
"Icterus galbula. Baltimore Oriole. Golden Robin. Firebird. Hangnest. Adult male: Black and orange.…
"Quiscalus purpureus. Purple Crow Blackbird. Common Crow Blackbird. Purple Grackle. Of medium size,…
"Gymnocitta cyanocephala. Blue Crow. Male: Dull blue, very variable in intensity, nearly uniform, but…
"European Jay. Garrulus glandarius. With the wings much shorter than or about equalling the tail, both…
"Pica. rustica hudsonica. Lustrous black, with green, purple, violet, and even golden iridescence, especially…
"Cyanocitta cristata. Blue Jay. Male: Purplish-blue, below pale purplish-gray, whitening on throat,…
"Cyanocitta stelleri macrolopha. Long-crested Jay. Upper parts sooty umber-brown, with a faint blue…
"Perisoreus canadensis. Canada Jay. Whiskey Jack. Moose-bird. Gray whitening on head, neck, and breast;…
"Pitangus derbianus. Derby Flycatcher. Under parts light wood-brown, with an olive tinge; wings and…
Tyrannus carolinensis. King-bird. Bee-martin. No olive nor decided yellow. Only outer primaries obviously…
"Myiarchus crinitus. Great Crested Flycatcher. Decidedly olivaceous above, a little browner on head,…
"Myiarchus cinerescens. Ash-throated Crested Flycatcher. Rather olivaceous-brown above, quite brown…
"Sayiornis fusca. Pewit Flycatcher. Water Pewee. Pewit. Phaebe. Dull olivaceous-brown, the head much…
"Contopus virens. Wood Pewee. Olivaceous-brown, rather darker on head; with sides washed with a paler…
"Pyrocephalus rubineus mexicanus. Vermilion Flycatcher, Adult male: Pure dark brown, including stripe…
"Antrostomus vociferus. Whippoorwill. Night-jar. Upper parts variegated with gray, black, whitish, and…
"Antrostomus vociferus. Whippoorwill. Night-jar. Upper parts variegated with gray, black, whitish, and…
"Nephaecetes niger borealis. Northern Black Cloud Swift. Entire plumage sooty-black, with slight greenish…
"Chaetura pelasgica. Chimney Swift. Chimney "Swallow". Sooty-brown, with a faint greenish gloss above;…
"Fig 63 - Skull of a duck (Clangula islandica), nat. size; Dr. R.W. Shufeldt, U.S.A. a, premaxillary…
"Trogon ambiguus. Copper-tailed Trogon. Metallic golden-green; face and sides of head black; below from…
"Momotus caeruleiceps. Blue-headed Saw-bill. The central tail-feathers are long-exserted, and spatulate…
Alcedo Ispida. European Kingfisher. Small bird, upper parts blue-green; under parts orange; rump and…
"Ceryle alcyon. Belted Kingfisher. Upper parts, broad pectoral bar, and sides under the wings, dull…
"Crotophaga ani. Smooth-billed Ani. Black Witch. Savanna Blackbird. Bill smooth or with a few transverse;…
"Geococcyx californianus. Ground Cuckoo. Chaparral Cock. Road Runner. Snake Killer. Paisano. Most of…
"Geococcyx californianus. Ground Cuckoo. Chaparral Cock. Road Runner. Snake Killer. Paisano. Most of…
At the Back of the North Wind is a wood engraving that was created by English painter Albert Hughes.…
"Coccygus americanus. Yellow-billed Cuckoo. Bill black, extensively yellow below and on the sides of…
"Coccygus americanus. Yellow-billed Cuckoo. Bill black, extensively yellow below and on the sides of…