. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. Dentlroica rornnala. Genus DENDROICA, Gray. Sj/hicri/n, OuAV, (Icnciii Birds, 2(1 eil. 1841, 32. (Xot of Iluiinilircys nor Swaiusou.) Dcnilriiicd, (iiiAY, (iciicia IJiiils, ApjH'iulix, 1842, 8. Ithiinam/ihufi, , Hi'v. Zool. ;), 342. (Not of l{aliiR'.siiiU", Am. Monthly Mng. 1818, and Jour, de l' 1819.) Gen. Char. JJill conical, attoiiiuitcd, doprossod at the , where it is, however, scarcely lu'oader than hij^h, (.'onipressed from the mid- dle. Culincn .str
. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. Dentlroica rornnala. Genus DENDROICA, Gray. Sj/hicri/n, OuAV, (Icnciii Birds, 2(1 eil. 1841, 32. (Xot of Iluiinilircys nor Swaiusou.) Dcnilriiicd, (iiiAY, (iciicia IJiiils, ApjH'iulix, 1842, 8. Ithiinam/ihufi, , Hi'v. Zool. ;), 342. (Not of l{aliiR'.siiiU", Am. Monthly Mng. 1818, and Jour, de l' 1819.) Gen. Char. JJill conical, attoiiiuitcd, doprossod at the , where it is, however, scarcely lu'oader than hij^h, (.'onipressed from the mid- dle. Culincn .straif^ht for the half, then rather rapidly curving, the lower edge of up- per mandible concave. Gonys slightly con and asccMding. A distin!;t notch near till end of the bill. Bristles, though short, gcncally quite distinct at the base ol' the bill. Tarsi long; decidedly longer than middle toe, which is longer than the hinder one ; the claws rather small and much curved; the hind claw nearly as long as its digit. Tli(^ wings long and pointed; the second quill usually a very little longer than the first. The tail slightly rounded and eniarginatc. Colors. Tail always with a white or yellow spot; its ground-color never clear olive- green. In D. O'stivd edged internally with yellow. Eggs iisually with a white or a bluish-wliite ground, marked with purplish-brown and obscure lilac; in some, mingled with varying shailcs of sienna-brown. Nest, so far as known, in bushes and trees, except D. ijalmarum, which is on the ground. The genus Dcndroica is one of the most extensive as to species of any in North America, and scarcely admits of any subdivision. There is a little vari- ation in the bill, wings, etc., the chief peculiarities being in D. cantvnca and pcnntujlvanim, in whicli the bill is broader, and more depressed, with longer bristles ; in D. striitfn, where the bill is narrow with scarcely any bristles ; and in D. palmaram and kirtlnndi, where the wings are very sh
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