. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. 60 NUKTH AMEUICAN BIUDS. Spermopbila. Bill very sliort anil broad, scarcely lonp;or than liiffli, not coiiiprcyscil; culiuen greatly curvod. C'i)K)r; (.'liiflly hlack and wln'ti', or lirowii and pray. Phonipara. Bill inoro ,Mlar, decidedly lonf,'er than dei'i), much (â onii)rosseil; ciilincn only slijrhtly curved, or perlcctly istraif,dit. Colors: dull olivc-gnen and blackish, with or without yellow about the head. Vm Wing niucli shorter than the tail. It Head crested. Prevailing col
. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. 60 NUKTH AMEUICAN BIUDS. Spermopbila. Bill very sliort anil broad, scarcely lonp;or than liiffli, not coiiiprcyscil; culiuen greatly curvod. C'i)K)r; (.'liiflly hlack and wln'ti', or lirowii and pray. Phonipara. Bill inoro ,Mlar, decidedly lonf,'er than dei'i), much (â onii)rosseil; ciilincn only slijrhtly curved, or perlcctly istraif,dit. Colors: dull olivc-gnen and blackish, with or without yellow about the head. Vm Wing niucli shorter than the tail. It Head crested. Prevailing color red. Bill red or whitish. Pyrrhuloxia. Bill ])yirhuline, very short, and with the cuhnen greatly convex; shorter than high. Hind claw less than iUs digit; not much larger than the middle anterior one. Tarsus equal to the middle toe. Nest in bush or low tree ; eggs white, spotted with lilac and olive. Cardinalis. Hill , very large ; cuhnen very slightly convex. Wings more rounded. Feet arablv curved. Wiufjs. Ciilumospizn birolor. about as long us its toe. flaws all strong, eomi)ressei long and pointed; the first four nearly eipial, and al>ruptly longest; the tertials much elongated, as long as the primaries. Tail a little .shorter than the wings, .slightly gradu- ated ; the feathers rather narrow and oblicpiely oval, rounded at the end. Color, Milk, black, with white on tlie wings. Femak, lirown above, beneath white, with Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Baird, Spencer F. , 1823-1887; Brewer, T. M. (Thomas Mayo), 1814-1880; Ridgway, Robert, 1850-1929. Boston : Little, Brown
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