. The water birds of North America . tes aquila, Baird, Cat. N. Am. B. 1859, no. 019. — Coues, Key, 1872, 306 ; Check List, 1873, no. 537 ; 2d ed. 1882, no. aquila, Gray, Genera B. III. aquila, Reich. Syst. Av. 1852, p. vi. Hab. Coasts of tropical and subtropical America, north, casually, to Long Island, regularly toFlorida, Texas, and California. Sp. Char. Adult male: Entirely black, the lanceolate feathers of the back and scapularsglossed with dull bottle-green and reddish purple. Bill light purplish blue, white in the middle,the curved tips dusky ; inside of mouth c
. The water birds of North America . tes aquila, Baird, Cat. N. Am. B. 1859, no. 019. — Coues, Key, 1872, 306 ; Check List, 1873, no. 537 ; 2d ed. 1882, no. aquila, Gray, Genera B. III. aquila, Reich. Syst. Av. 1852, p. vi. Hab. Coasts of tropical and subtropical America, north, casually, to Long Island, regularly toFlorida, Texas, and California. Sp. Char. Adult male: Entirely black, the lanceolate feathers of the back and scapularsglossed with dull bottle-green and reddish purple. Bill light purplish blue, white in the middle,the curved tips dusky ; inside of mouth carmine ; gular sac orange ; bare space about the eye pur-plish blue ; iris deep brown ; feet light carmine above, orange beneath (Audubon). Adultfemale: Dull black, the central area of the lesser wing-covert region light grayish brown ; backand scapulars only faintly glossed, the feathers not lanceolate. Breast with a large white patch,extending downward along each side nearly or quite to the flanks, and upward on the sides of the. Young. jugulum (sometimes extending round the hind neck). Iris dark brown; orbits and gular skindark plumbeous, with a tinge of violaceua ; feet carmine (SuMICHRAST, MS.). Young (secondyear ?) : Upper parts as in the adult female. Head, neck, breast, and abdomen white. Iris dulldark blue ; bill horn-color, darker at base ; legs and feet pale pinkish blue (Greene Smith,MS.). Nestling: Covered with very fluffy white cottony down. Total length, about 41 inches; wing, () ; tail, (); culmen, (); longest toe, (). [Eleven specimens measured.] Some specimens in the young (white-headed) plumage have the jugulum and foreneek stronglytinged with light cinnamon. The stage described above as the young seems not to be that of theyoungest individuals, since two nestlings of the South Pacific race (F. minor) show quite well-developed scapular feathers which are uniform grayish brown. The F. minor l diffe
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