. Key to North American birds [microform] : containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary, inclusive of Greenland. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. aCOL OVA CIDJi:.- sa njjpipeiis. ?laa disposed linos and spots of dusky, which bwoine trnnsvorso wuvcd Imrs on the hittrr. Length ; extent ; wing ( ; tail ; liill about ; tarsii.^ ; middle too 1,00; tibia bare A hirgc liandsonie species, iuliabitinf,' most of tlie World; in America, cliieHy along t
. Key to North American birds [microform] : containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary, inclusive of Greenland. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. aCOL OVA CIDJi:.- sa njjpipeiis. ?laa disposed linos and spots of dusky, which bwoine trnnsvorso wuvcd Imrs on the hittrr. Length ; extent ; wing ( ; tail ; liill about ; tarsii.^ ; middle too 1,00; tibia bare A hirgc liandsonie species, iuliabitinf,' most of tlie World; in America, cliieHy along the Atlantic coast, but also in tlie interior, about the large lakes and rivers. Migratory; breeds only in liitrli latitudes. 240. CALI'DRIS. ((ir. (coXtfi/Mt, kdlidris, Lat, calidn's, name of some beach bird, perlia))s this one.) IJiU stout, straight, about as long as head or tarsus; tip thickened, expanded and rather bard, the culmen just beliind it somewhat concave. Nostrils far forward. Wings long, pointed ; tail short, doubly-emarginate, central feathers projecting. Tibin- bare for two-thirds the length of tho tarsus; toes very short, widely margined. Xu hind toe. (General characters of Triiiga iirojier, but 3-toed. See fig. HO.) (.)nc Fia. 440. —Sanitcrling, i imt. size. (From Brebm.) 027. C. arena'ria. (Lat. arenaria, relating to arena, .sand. Fig. 440.) Saxdermno. RrnuY " ; Adult in summer: Entire njiper parts an'', neck all round variegated with blm-k, light ashy and bright reddish ; on the back and scapulars each feather haviuit a central black field, and being broadly margined and tipped with asliy or reddish. Under parts white, innnac- ulate. Outer webs and tips of primaries deep brownisli-black, inner light ashy. A white spot at base of inner primaries. Secondaries mostly pure white; the outer vanes and part of iimer on the latter half dusky. Greater coverts dusky, broadly tipped and narrowly edtred with pure white. Rump, u
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