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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Remarks (This species is very distinct)

This species is very distinct, and can be at once distinguished from A. m. peninsulæ, its nearest known ally, by its much darker upper parts and conspicuously streaked under parts.

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