Handbook of Birds of Eastern North America

The book that made American bird-watching possible in the field: keys, plumages, songs and habits for every species of the East, by the man who ran ornithology at the American Museum.

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Florence A (MERRIAM bled up from a glad)

MERRIAM. bled up from a glad heart.

The VARIED BUNTING (600. Passerina versicolor), a species of our Mexican border, has been once recorded from Michigan. 601. Passerina ciris (Linn.). PAINTED BUNTING; NONPAREIL. Ad. 8.-Head and sides of the neck indigo-blue; back golden green; rump dull red; under parts bright red; wings and tail tinged with dull red greater red; greater wing-coverts green. Ad. g. - Upper parts bright olive -green; under parts white, washed with greenish yellow; wings and tail fuscous, margined with , margined with olive-green. L., 5.25; W., 2.70; T., 215; B., 42.

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