. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. —TMK SWALLOWS. 353 The e,, ii litt'e more in' sliape and pointed at one end. Their h-n-th varies from .7S to .09 of an iiieli the average being .75. Their averagi; breadtli is .5;{ of an inch. Gfa'is COTYLB, Boie. r„/,if,; Hoik, Lsis, 1822, 550. (Type, /tin,,,,/,, ri/mrm, L.) Tten. CitAii. Bill ..mall; lateral, ovcrhuno- a .-^liai<rht-oclgc<l membrano Tai-- sus al,o„t ,.(,ual to ,„i, t,.,- without ..law ; li-atluMv,! at upper on.
. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. —TMK SWALLOWS. 353 The e,, ii litt'e more in' sliape and pointed at one end. Their h-n-th varies from .7S to .09 of an iiieli the average being .75. Their averagi; breadtli is .5;{ of an inch. Gfa'is COTYLB, Boie. r„/,if,; Hoik, Lsis, 1822, 550. (Type, /tin,,,,/,, ri/mrm, L.) Tten. CitAii. Bill ..mall; lateral, ovcrhuno- a .-^liai<rht-oclgc<l membrano Tai-- sus al,o„t ,.(,ual to ,„i, t,.,- without ..law ; li-atluMv,! at upper , ..specially on inuor Ince, ami havin^r al, little c, , the lateral reaehin- the l,ase of n,i,l,lle. Tail sh-htly Cloi- .lull lustreless brown above, in ripuria white beneath with grav peetoral band. Nests in holes in banks; cfrrrs white. aiany American birds have been referred to Cofi/lc, but tlie only one really belonging to tlie genus is the cosmo- pnlitan 0. ripari,,. The i)eculiarity of tiie genus consists essentially in tlie tuft of tarsal featliers at the base of the Iiind ;<e, and the unusual leimth of the late. 1 claws, combined witli the lateral nosiii'- overlmng by mem- '"""//,w«. braue. IJy these characters the genus is very easily tlistinguished from C' 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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