Western Bird Guide, by Chester A. (Chester Albert) Reed, Harry F. Harvey, and Rex I. Brasher

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Author

Reed, Charles K. (Charles Keller), 1851-1921

Title

Western Bird Guide: Birds of the Rockies and West to the Pacific

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E-text prepared by Stephen Hutcheson, Chris Curnow, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net)

Language

English

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QL: Science: Zoology

Subject

Birds -- West (U.S.)

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eBook-No.

45918

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https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/45918

Release Date

June 10, 2014

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.WESTERN BIRD GUIDE Birds of the Rockies and West to the Pacific — BIRDS OF THE ROCKIES AND WEST TO THE PACIFIC — DIVING BIRDS—Order Pygopodes. GREBES—Family Colymbidæ. — WESTERN GREBE. — HOLBOELL GREBE. — HORNED GREBE. — EARED GREBE. — PIED-BILLED GREBE. — LOON; GREAT NORTHERN DIVER. — PACIFIC LOON. — RED-THROATED LOON. — AUKS, MURRES AND PUFFINS—Family Alcidæ. — TUFTED PUFFIN; SEA PARROT. — HORNED PUFFIN. — RHINOCEROS AUKLET. — CASSIN AUKLET. — PAROQUET AUKLET. — WHISKERED AUKLET. — CRESTED AUKLET. — LEAST AUKLET. — ANCIENT MURRELET. — MARBLED MURRELET. — XANTHUS MURRELET. — PIGEON GUILLEMOT. — CALIFORNIA MURRE. — POMARINE JAEGER. — PARASITIC JAEGER. — LONG-TAILED JAEGER. — GULLS AND TERNS—Family Laridæ. — IVORY GULL. — PACIFIC KITTIWAKE. — RED-LEGGED KITTIWAKE. — GLAUCOUS GULL. — GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL. — SLATY-BACKED GULL. — WESTERN GULL. — HERRING GULL. — RING-BILLED GULL. — CALIFORNIA GULL. — SHORT-BILLED GULL. — HEERMANN GULL. — BONAPARTE GULL. — SABINE GULL. — CASPIAN TERN. — ELEGANT TERN. — FORSTERS TERN. — COMMON TERN. — ARCTIC TERN. — ALEUTIAN TERN. — LEAST TERN. — BLACK TERN. — ALBATROSSES—Family Diomedeidæ. — BLACK-FOOTED ALBATROSS. — SHORT-TAILED ALBATROSS. — LAYSAN ALBATROSS. — YELLOW-NOSED ALBATROSS. — SOOTY ALBATROSS. — FULMARS AND SHEARWATERS. Family Procellariidæ. — PACIFIC FULMAR. — SLENDER-BILLED FULMAR. — PINK-FOOTED SHEARWATER. — BLACK-VENTED SHEARWATER. — TOWNSEND SHEARWATER. — DARK-BODIED SHEARWATER. — SLENDER-BILLED SHEARWATER. — FISHER PETREL. — LEAST PETREL. — FORK-TAILED PETREL. — KAEDING PETREL. — LEACH PETREL. — GUADALUPE PETREL. — BLACK PETREL. — ASHY PETREL. — CORMORANTS—Family Phalacrocoracidæ. — FARALLONE CORMORANT. — BRANDT CORMORANT. — BAIRD CORMORANTS. — RED-FACED CORMORANT. — PELICANS.—Family Pelecanidæ. — WHITE PELICAN. — CALIFORNIA BROWN PELICAN. — MAN-O’-WAR BIRDS—Family Fregatidæ. — FRIGATE BIRD. — AMERICAN MERGANSER. ORDER ANSERES. — RED-BREASTED MERGANSER. — HOODED MERGANSER. — GADWALL. — MALLARD. — BALDPATE—AMERICAN WIDGEON. — GREEN-WINGED TEAL. — BLUE-WINGED TEAL. — CINNAMON TEAL. — SHOVELLER. — PINTAIL. — WOOD DUCK. — REDHEAD. — CANVAS-BACK. — SCAUP DUCK OR BLUE-BILL. — LESSER SCAUP DUCK. — RING-NECKED DUCK. — AMERICAN GOLDEN-EYE. — BARROW GOLDEN-EYE. — BUFFLE-HEAD. — OLD-SQUAW—LONG-TAILED DUCK. — HARLEQUIN DUCK. — PACIFIC EIDER. — STELLER EIDER. — SPECTACLED EIDER. — KING EIDER. — SCOTER. — WHITE-WINGED SCOTER. — SURF SCOTER. — RUDDY DUCK. — SNOW GOOSE. — ROSS GOOSE. — WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE. — CANADA GOOSE. — CACKLING GOOSE. — BLACK BRANT. — EMPEROR GOOSE. — BLACK-BELLIED TREE-DUCK. — FULVOUS TREE-DUCK. — WHISTLING SWAN. — TRUMPETER SWAN. — GLOSSY IBIS—Family Ibididæ. — WOOD IBIS—Family Ciconiæ. — LEAST BITTERN. — BITTERN—Family Herodii. — GREAT BLUE HERON. — GREEN HERON. — EGRET. — SNOWY EGRET. — BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON. — YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT HERON. — WHOOPING CRANE—Family Gruidæ. — LITTLE BROWN CRANE. — LIGHT-FOOTED RAIL.—Family Rallidæ. — CALIFORNIA CLAPPER RAIL. — VIRGINIA RAIL. — SORA RAIL. — YELLOW RAIL. — BLACK RAIL. — FLORIDA GALLINULE. — AMERICAN COOT. — RED PHALAROPE.—Family Phalaropodidæ. — NORTHERN PHALAROPE. — WILSON PHALAROPE. — WILSON SNIPE. — AVOCET—Family Recurvirostridæ. — BLACK-NECKED STILT. — DOWITCHER. — STILT SANDPIPER. — KNOT. — PRIBILOF SANDPIPER. — SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPER. — PECTORAL SANDPIPER. — WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER. — BAIRD SANDPIPER. — LEAST SANDPIPER. — RED-BACKED SANDPIPER. — SPOONBILL SANDPIPER. — SANDERLING. — WESTERN SANDPIPER. — MARBLED GODWIT. — GREATER YELLOW-LEGS. — WESTERN SOLITARY SANDPIPER. — WESTERN WILLET. — WANDERING TATTLER. — UPLAND PLOVER—BARTRAMIAN SANDPIPER. — BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER. — SPOTTED SANDPIPER. — LONG-BILLED CURLEW. — HUDSONIAN CURLEW. — BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER—Family Charadriidæ. — GOLDEN PLOVER. — KILLDEER. — SEMIPALMATED PLOVER. — WILSON PLOVER. — MOUNTAIN PLOVER. — SNOWY PLOVER. — SURF-BIRD—Family Aphrizinæ. — BLACK TURNSTONE. — RUDDY TURNSTONE. — BLACK OYSTER-CATCHER—Family Hæmatopodidæ. — FRAZAR OYSTER-CATCHER. — Order GALLINÆ. — BOB-WHITE—Family Odontophoridæ. — MASKED BOB-WHITE. — MOUNTAIN QUAIL. — SCALED QUAIL. — CALIFORNIA QUAIL. — GAMBEL QUAIL. — MEARNS QUAIL OR MASSENA PARTRIDGE. — DUSKY GROUSE—Family Tetraonidæ. — FRANKLIN GROUSE. — CANADIAN RUFFED GROUSE. — WILLOW PTARMIGAN. — ROCK PTARMIGAN. — PRAIRIE HEN. — WHITE-TAILED PTARMIGAN. — COLUMBIAN SHARP-TAILED GROUSE. — RING-NECKED PHEASANT. — SAGE GROUSE. — MERRIAM TURKEY. — BAND-TAILED PIGEON—Family Columbidæ. — MOURNING DOVE. — MEXICAN GROUND DOVE. — INCA DOVE. — CALIFORNIA VULTURE—Family Cathartidæ. — TURKEY VULTURE. — WHITE-TAILED KITE. — SWALLOW-TAIL KITE. — WESTERN GOSHAWK. — MARSH HAWK. — SHARP-SHINNED HAWK. — COOPER HAWK. — HARRIS HAWK. — WESTERN RED-TAIL. — RED-BELLIED HAWK. — ZONE-TAILED HAWK. — SWAINSON HAWK. — MEXICAN GOSHAWK. — ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK. — FERRUGINOUS ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK. — GOLDEN EAGLE. — BALD EAGLE. — GRAY GYRFALCON. — PRAIRIE FALCON. — DUCK HAWK. — PIGEON HAWK. — APLOMADO FALCON. — DESERT SPARROW HAWK. — AUDUBON CARACARA. — AMERICAN OSPREY; FISH HAWK. — BARN OWL—Family Aluconidæ. — LONG-EARED OWL—Family Strigidæ. — SHORT-EARED OWL. — SPOTTED OWL. — GREAT GRAY OWL. — RICHARDSON OWL. — SAW-WHET OWL. — SCREECH OWL. — FLAMULATED SCREECH OWL. — WESTERN HORNED OWL. — SNOWY OWL. — HAWK OWL. — BURROWING OWL. — PYGMY OWL. — FERRUGINOUS PYGMY OWL. — ELF OWL. — THICK-BILLED PARROT—Family Psittacidæ. — Order—COCCYGES. — ROADRUNNER. — CALIFORNIA CUCKOO. — COPPERY-TAILED TROGAN—Family Trogonidæ. — BELTED KINGFISHER—Family Alcedinidæ. — RINGED KINGFISHER. — Order PICI—WOODPECKERS. — HARRIS WOODPECKER—Family Picidæ. — CABANIS WOODPECKER. — ROCKY MOUNTAIN HAIRY WOODPECKER. — GAIRDNER WOODPECKER. — TEXAS WOODPECKER. — NUTTALL WOODPECKER. — ARIZONA WOODPECKER. — WHITE-HEADED WOODPECKER. — ARCTIC THREE-TOED WOODPECKER. — AMERICAN THREE-TOED WOODPECKER. — ALASKA THREE-TOED WOODPECKER. — YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER. — RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER. — WILLIAMSON SAPSUCKER. — NORTHERN PILEATED WOODPECKER. — RED-HEADED WOODPECKER. — CALIFORNIA WOODPECKER. — LEWIS WOODPECKER. — RED-BELLIED WOODPECKERS. — GILA WOODPECKER. — RED-SHAFTED WOODPECKER. — GILDED FLICKER. — STEPHENS WHIP-POOR-WILL—Family Caprimulgidæ. — POOR-WILL. — WESTERN NIGHTHAWK. — SENNETT NIGHTHAWK. — TEXAS NIGHTHAWK. — BLACK SWIFT.—Family Micropodidæ. — VAUX SWIFT. — WHITE-THROATED SWIFT. — RIVOLI HUMMINGBIRD.—Family Trochilidæ. — BLUE-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD. — BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD. — COSTA HUMMINGBIRD. — ANNA HUMMINGBIRD. — BROAD-TAILED HUMMINGBIRD. — RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD. — ALLEN’S HUMMINGBIRD. — CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD. — LUCIFER HUMMINGBIRD. — RIEFFER HUMMINGBIRD. — BUFF-BELLIED HUMMINGBIRD. — XANTUS HUMMINGBIRD. — WHITE-EARED HUMMINGBIRD. — BROAD-BILLED HUMMINGBIRD — KINGBIRD.—Family Tyrannidæ. — ARKANSAS KINGBIRD. — CASSIN KINGBIRD. — DERBY FLYCATCHER. — SULPHUR-BELLIED FLYCATCHER. — CRESTED FLYCATCHER. — ARIZONA CRESTED FLYCATCHER. — ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER. — SAY PHŒBE. — BLACK PHŒBE. — OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER. — WESTERN WOOD PEWEE. — WESTERN FLYCATCHER. — TRAILL FLYCATCHER. — HAMMOND FLYCATCHER. — WRIGHT FLYCATCHER. — GRAY FLYCATCHER. — BUFF-BREASTED FLYCATCHER. — VERMILION FLYCATCHER. — BEARDLESS FLYCATCHER. — PALLID HORNED LARK—Family Alaudidæ. — DESERT HORNED LARK. — CALIFORNIA HORNED LARK. — RUDDY HORNED LARK. — Family CORVIDÆ—CROWS, JAYS — AMERICAN MAGPIE. — STELLER JAY. — WOODHOUSE JAY. — CALIFORNIA JAY. — ARIZONA JAY. — ROCKY MOUNTAIN JAY. — OREGON JAY. — AMERICAN RAVEN. — WHITE-NECKED RAVEN. — NORTHWESTERN CROW. — CLARKE NUTCRACKER, — PINON JAY. — BOBOLINK—Family Icteridæ. — COWBIRD. — BRONZED COWBIRD. — RED-EYED COWBIRD. — YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD. — RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD. — SONORA RED-WING BLACKBIRD. — BICOLORED RED-WING. — TRICOLORED RED-WING. — WESTERN MEADOWLARK. — SCOTT ORIOLE. — SENNETT ORIOLE. — ARIZONA HOODED ORIOLE. — BULLOCK ORIOLE. — RUSTY BLACKBIRD. — BREWER BLACKBIRD. — WESTERN EVENING GROSBEAK. — CALIFORNIA PINE GROSBEAK. — CALIFORNIA PURPLE FINCH. — CASSIN PURPLE FINCH. — HOUSE FINCH. — CROSSBILL. — WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL. — ALEUTIAN ROSY FINCH. — GRAY-CROWNED ROSY FINCH. — HEPBURN ROSY FINCH. — BLACK ROSY FINCH. — BROWN-CAPPED ROSY FINCH. — HOARY REDPOLL. — REDPOLL. — PALE GOLDFINCH. — WILLOW GOLDFINCH. — ARKANSAS GOLDFINCH. — GREEN-BACKED GOLDFINCH. — LAWRENCE GOLDFINCH. — PINE SISKIN. — SNOW BUNTING OR SNOWFLAKE. — McKAY SNOW BUNTING. — ALASKAN LONGSPUR. — WESTERN VESPER SPARROW. — WESTERN SAVANNAH SPARROW. — BRYANT SPARROW. — BELDING SPARROW. — LARGE-BILLED SPARROW. — SAN BENITO SPARROW. — BAIRD SPARROW. — WESTERN GRASSHOPPER SPARROW. — LECONTE SPARROW. — WESTERN LARK SPARROW. — GAMBEL SPARROW. — GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW. — WESTERN TREE SPARROW. — WESTERN CHIPPING SPARROW. — CLAY-COLORED SPARROW. — BREWER SPARROW. — WORTHEN SPARROW. — BLACK-CHINNED SPARROW. — WHITE-WINGED JUNCO. — SLATE-COLORED JUNCO. — OREGON JUNCO. — PINK-SIDED JUNCO. — THURBER JUNCO. — GRAY-HEADED JUNCO. — BAIRD JUNCO. — GUADALUPE JUNCO. — DESERT SPARROW. — BELL SPARROW. — SAGE SPARROW. — CALIFORNIA SAGE SPARROW. — BOTTERI SPARROW. — CASSIN SPARROW. — RUFOUS-WINGED SPARROW. — RUFOUS-CROWNED SPARROW. — SONG SPARROW. — HEERMANN SONG SPARROW. — RUSTY SONG SPARROW. — LINCOLN SPARROW. — SHUMAGIN FOX SPARROW. — THICK-BILLED FOX SPARROW. — OREGON TOWHEE. — SAN DIEGO TOWHEE. — CANON TOWHEE. — CALIFORNIA TOWHEE. — ABERT TOWHEE. — GREEN-TAILED TOWHEE. — ARIZONA CARDINAL. — ARIZONA PYRRHULOXIA. — BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK. — WESTERN BLUE GROSBEAK. — INDIGO BUNTING. — LAZULI BUNTING. — BEAUTIFUL BUNTING. — DICKCISSEL. — LARK BUNTING. — WESTERN TANAGER. — HEPATIC TANAGER. — COOPER TANAGER. — WESTERN MARTIN. — CLIFF SWALLOW. — BARN SWALLOW. — TREE SWALLOW. — NORTHERN VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOW. — BANK SWALLOW. — ROUGH-WINGED SPARROW. — BOHEMIAN WAXWING. — CEDAR WAXWING. — PHAINOPEPLA. — NORTHERN SHRIKE. — CALIFORNIA SHRIKE. — RED-EYED VIREO. — WARBLING VIREO. — CASSIN VIREO. — BLACK-CAPPED VIREO. — HUTTON VIREO. — ANTHONY VIREO. — LEAST VIREO. — GRAY VIREO. — Family MNIOTILTIDÆ—WOOD WARBLERS. — BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER. — LUCY WARBLER. — VIRGINIA WARBLER. — CALAVERAS WARBLER. — ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER. — LUTESCENT WARBLER. — OLIVE WARBLER. — YELLOW WARBLER. — MYRTLE WARBLER. — AUDUBON WARBLER. — MAGNOLIA WARBLER. — BLACK-POLL WARBLER. — GRACE WARBLER. — BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER. — BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER. — TOWNSEND WARBLER. — HERMIT WARBLER. — GRINNELL WATER THRUSH. — MACGILLIVRAY WARBLER. — WESTERN YELLOW-THROAT. — PACIFIC YELLOW-THROAT. — LONG-TAILED CHAT. — PILEOLATED WARBLER. — REDSTART — PAINTED REDSTART. — RED-FACED WARBLER. — ALASKAN YELLOW TAIL. — PIPIT, OR TITLARK. — SPRAGUE PIPIT. — Family MIMIDÆ.—SAGE THRASHER. — Family CINCLIDÆ. — DIPPER, OR WATER OUZEL. — WESTERN MOCKINGBIRD — CATBIRD. — PALMER THRASHER. — BENDIRE THRASHER. — CALIFORNIA THRASHER. — LECONTE THRASHER. — CRISSAL THRASHER. — CACTUS WREN. — ROCK WREN. — CAÑON WREN. — VIGOR WREN. — WESTERN HOUSE WREN. — WESTERN WINTER WREN. — ALASKA WREN. — ALEUTIAN WREN. — TULE WREN. — ROCKY MOUNTAIN CREEPER. — SLENDER-BILLED NUTHATCH. — RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH. — PYGMY NUTHATCH. — PLAIN TITMOUSE. — BLACK-CRESTED TITMOUSE. — BRIDLED TITMOUSE. — OREGON CHICKADEE. — MEXICAN CHICKADEE. — MOUNTAIN CHICKADEE. — ALASKA CHICKADEE. — HUDSONIAN CHICKADEE. — CHESTNUT-BACKED CHICKADEE. — CALIFORNIA CHICKADEE. — BUSH-TIT. — LEAD-COLORED BUSH-TIT. — LLOYD BUSH-TIT. — VERDIN. — WREN-TIT. — KENNICOTT WARBLER. — WESTERN GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET. — RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET. — WESTERN GNATCATCHER. — PLUMBEOUS GNATCATCHER. — BLACK-TAILED GNATCATCHER. — TOWNSEND SOLITAIRE. — WILLOW THRUSH. — GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH. — RUSSET-BACKED THRUSH. — OLIVED-BACKED THRUSH. — ALASKA HERMIT THRUSH. — AUDUBON HERMIT THRUSH. — WESTERN ROBIN. — VARIED THRUSH. — WHEATEAR. — WESTERN BLUEBIRD. — CHESTNUT-BACKED BLUEBIRD. — MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD.
2. 2.INDEX
3. 3.Transcriber’s Note

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