Identifier: cu31924022528685 (find matches)
Title: The birds of Ohio; a complete scientific and popular description of the 320 species of birds found in the state
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Dawson, William Leon, 1873- Jones, Lynds, b. 1865
Subjects: Birds
Publisher: Columbus, The Wheaton Publishing Co.
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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eck all aroundwhite or flaxen, narrowly streaked with dark brown, sparingly on throat; re-maining upper parts dark brown or brownish fuscous, varied by ochraceousor ochraceous-buffy, marginal brownish gray and outcropping white; wing-quillsnot barred, at least on exposed surfaces, but grayish-edged and with muchbasal white on inner web; four outer primaries deeply emarginate; upper tail-coverts and basal portion of tail (usually for more than half its lengfth) white;terminal portion of tail crossed by broad, subterminal band of dusky, andusually by several, narrow, irregular or broken bands anterior to this; underparts whitish, or pale ochraceous-buffy, spotted or broadly streaked, chiefly onbreast, with blackish; a loose broken band of dusky across belly; thighs oftenochraceous; tarsi feathered to the toes, in front; feet yellow; bill and clawsblack. Immature, normal phase: Similar to adult, but terminal portion of tail 1. Quoted by Bendire, Life Histories of N. A. Birds, p. 242 seq.
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47 COPVRIaHT 1B01, By A. W. MUMFDHD, CHICABO.HIBMTS ncSCBVCD IN OHIO BY THE WHEBTDN PUBLISHINa CO, AMERICAN ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK (on the left) Archibuleo lagopus aancli-johannie YOUNG RED-TAILED HAWK (holding Bob-white) About 7 Life-size Buteo borealia THE AMERICAN ROUGH-EEGGED HAWK. 411 plain, grayish brown; primaries with basal white on external web; markings ofundier parts confluent on belly in a broad, unbroken, abdominal belt of deepbrown; thighs spotted with dusky. Adult and immature, melanistic phase:Entire plumage black, in any degree, save that the tail is white-barred and pri-maries exhibit some basal white. This phase is quite common, and seems tobe independent of age, sex, or season. Both sexes length 19.50-23.50 (495.3-596.9); wing 15.75-18.00 (400.1-475.2); tail 9.00-11.00 (228.6-279.4); culmenfrom cere .80-.90 (20.3-22.9). Female about two inches longer than male andcorrespondingly proportioned. Recognition Marks.—Brant size; feathered tarsi distinctive; best recognizedi

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