. Key to North American birds; 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. Illustrated by 6 steel plates and upwards of 250 woodcuts. Birds. 4 it ALCIDiE, AUKS. GEN. 323, 324, 325. 343 Knob-UUed, or Least AuJc. Very small; under 7 ; wing 4 or less ; tarsus I; bill f. No crest, but Avhite hair-like feathers on forehead and often about eyes. Blackish, with more or less white on scapulars; below white, pure or much varied with dusky ; bill of adult in summer with a littb knob at base.
. Key to North American birds; 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. Illustrated by 6 steel plates and upwards of 250 woodcuts. Birds. 4 it ALCIDiE, AUKS. GEN. 323, 324, 325. 343 Knob-UUed, or Least AuJc. Very small; under 7 ; wing 4 or less ; tarsus I; bill f. No crest, but Avhite hair-like feathers on forehead and often about eyes. Blackish, with more or less white on scapulars; below white, pure or much varied with dusky ; bill of adult in summer with a littb knob at base. N. Pacific. .Phaleris nodirOStris kg. 227. Knob-ljilled Auk: adult. Fig. 228. The same, young. AuD. vii, 255 ; pi. 468 ; P. microceros Brandt ; Cass, in Bd., 908 ; >S. micro- ce?'OS-CouES, I. c. 4(). IJria intsiUa Pall ; P. jmsilla Cass, in Bd., 909 ; 6'. pusillus Ell., pi. 68 ; Coues, I. c. 49 (young or winter specimens), (.^-. 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 Coues, Elliott, 1842-1899. Salem [Mass. ] Naturalists' Agency; New York, Dodd and Mead; [etc. , etc. ,]
Size: 2635px × 948px
Photo credit: © The Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1870, booksubjectbirds, bookyear1872
