Plate CXIII. Male, Female, and Young.
Male with the upper parts ultramarine blue, the lower parts light
chestnut-red, excepting the abdomen, which is white. Female with the
upper parts dull greyish-blue, brighter behind; lower parts as in the
male, but much duller. Young with the upper part of the head, hind
neck, and part of the back greyish-brown, the rest as in the female,
the lower parts light grey, the feathers on the breast and sides
margined with brown.
_Male_, 7, 10. _Female_, 6-1/2.
Generally distributed from Texas to the Fur Countries. Vast numbers
spend the winter in the Southern States. Columbia River. Migratory.
Blue Bird, Sylvia Sialis, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. i. p. 56.
Saxicola Sialis, Bonap. Syn. p. 39.
Erythaca (Sialia) Wilsonii, Swains. & Rich. F. Bor. Amer. v.
ii. p. 210.
Blue Bird, Ampelis Sialis, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 444.
Blue Bird, Sylvia Sialis, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. ii. p. 84; v. v.
p. 452.