Excerpt from Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York, 1858, Vol. 6 Upper plumage bluish-ash or pale plumbeous, with a silvery gloss, darker on the head, where the feathers are short and satiny; sides of the head, of the same color, which also extends on the neck in front, where it becomes paler; wing coverts dark bluish-ash, broadly margined with chocolate brown; primaries, grayish black on the outer webs and ends of the inner, rest of the inner webs, light brownish-ash, becoming whitish at the base; ...
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Excerpt from Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York, 1858, Vol. 6 Upper plumage bluish-ash or pale plumbeous, with a silvery gloss, darker on the head, where the feathers are short and satiny; sides of the head, of the same color, which also extends on the neck in front, where it becomes paler; wing coverts dark bluish-ash, broadly margined with chocolate brown; primaries, grayish black on the outer webs and ends of the inner, rest of the inner webs, light brownish-ash, becoming whitish at the base; secondaries, chocolate-brown tertiaries, brownish-ash; inner linkig of wings and axillars, brown; tail, brownish-black and graduated, the two central feathers, obtusely pointed; under plumage, white; upper and under tail coverts, ashy brown; upper mandible, black along the ridge; the sides and hooked tip, yellowish white; under mandible, dusky yellow, with the lateral grooves black, and the cutting edges white. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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