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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6 species in this part of Handbook of Birds.

Hagdon

Ad. - Upper parts, wings, and tail dark, sooty, brownish black; under parts somewhat grayer; bill blackish. L., 17.00; W., 12.00; Tar…

Heron

Ad.-Crown white, generally washed with buffy; ear-coverts white; rest of the head and throat black; neck, breast, and belly blue-gray; back…

Hawk (Ad Dark slate-color under)

Ad. 8. - Dark slate-color; under, and longer upper tail-coverts, and base of the tail white, tip of the tail whitish; upper mandible much…

Hawk (Reduced Im Upper parts like)

(Reduced.) Im. - Upper parts like the preceding; tail grayish brown, with three to five indistinct black bars and a narrow whitish tip…

Hawk (Even Teal-those winged)

Even Teal-those winged bullets-can not escape it. No bird is more daring. I have had Duck Hawks dart down to rob me of wounded Snipe lying…

Headed Blackbird

Ad. 8. -Head, neck, throat, and breast orange-yellow; region before the eye and chin black; outer wing-coverts white, rest of the plumage…

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