Title: The birds of North and Middle America : a descriptive catalogue of the higher groups, genera, species, and subspecies of birds known to occur in North America, from the Arctic lands to the Isthmus of Panama, the West Indies and other islands of the Caribbean sea, and the Galapagos Archipelago
Identifier: cu31924090256920 (find matches)
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Ridgway, Robert, 1850-1929; Friedmann, Herbert, 1900-1987
Subjects: Birds
Publisher: Washington : Govt. Print. Off.
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA 207 narrow nude' superciliary space; sides of neck with an inflatable air sac (less developed in females, large in males, and bright orange-colored in breeding season), males having also on each side of neck, immediately above the air sac, a conspicuous erectile tuft of much elongated, rather rigid narrow feathers with obtusely pointed or narrowly rounded tips;
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Figure 12.—-Tympanuchus cupido. plumage in general compact, the feathers broad and rounded, except on lower abdomen, anal region, etc., where soft, hairlike, and blended. Upperparts barred with tawny-brown, buffy, and blackish, the tail plain grayish brown (darker distally) narrowly tipped with whitish or buffy (narrowly barred with buffy in females) ; underparts pale buffy or whitish, barred, more or less broadly, with grayish brown; the under side of head buffy with a cluster of grayish brown spots or bars on posterior portion of malar region. Range.—Open districts of eastern North America, from western por- tion of the Great Plains to the Atlantic coast (locally) and from Texas and southwestern Louisiana (formerly also Virginia?) northward to coast of Massachusetts, southwestern Ontario, southern Manitoba, and southwestern Saskatchewan. (Two species.) KEY TO THE FORMS (ADULTS) OF THE GENUS TYMPANUCHUS o. Darker bars of back and rump very broad, solid blackish brown; feathers cf breast brown with tips and subterrainal band whitish; brown bars on sides and flanks unicolored. b. Scapulars with large and very conspicuous terminal spots of buffy whitish; neck tufts or pinnae of adult male composed of not more than 10 lanceolate,

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