. The Auk. Birds. Vol. XXI" '904 - General Notes. 279 tomus vociferus, thus adding another species to the list of Colorado birds. At least it is not given in Professor Cooke's list, nor in Mrs. Bailey's ' Birds of the Western United States.' The specimen was in good plum- age, but greatly emaciated, although I found no signs of its having been injured.— L. E. Burnett, Taxidermist and Collector, State Agricultural College, Fort Collins, Colorado. Another Abnormal Bill.— The character of the malformed bill sub- mitted by Mr. B. S. Bowdish in the last number of 'The Auk' seems a common type
. The Auk. Birds. Vol. XXI" '904 - General Notes. 279 tomus vociferus, thus adding another species to the list of Colorado birds. At least it is not given in Professor Cooke's list, nor in Mrs. Bailey's ' Birds of the Western United States.' The specimen was in good plum- age, but greatly emaciated, although I found no signs of its having been injured.— L. E. Burnett, Taxidermist and Collector, State Agricultural College, Fort Collins, Colorado. Another Abnormal Bill.— The character of the malformed bill sub- mitted by Mr. B. S. Bowdish in the last number of 'The Auk' seems a common type in abnormalities of that kind. I have in my possession the head of a Crow {Corvus americanus) afflicted with the same kind of malformation. In this case, however, the upper mandible is bent com- pletely down and around so as to point over the bird's shoulder. The lower mandible is not so greatly elongated as in Mr. Bowdish's speci- men, however, but the notches he speaks of where the mandibles cross. 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 American Ornithologists' Union. Washington, D. C. : American Ornithologists' Union, etc.
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