. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds -- North America; Ornithology -- North American; Oiseaux -- Amérique du Nord; Ornithologie -- Amérique du Nord. 308 NORTH AMP:iaCAN lUUDS. ContopuB. Hind toe much lon^'cr thun the Iiiteral. Tuil consiiloiiibly lbrke<l, VViiijrs long, pointed; nnich lonj^er thun tho tail, reuchinj,' be- yond the niiddle of the latter; first ijuill about e«iual to the tburth. Bill broad. Color olive-j;ray, and white, sometimes with a yellowish tinge beneath. Lower mandible j)ale-(.'olored. Nest saueer-shajK'nnd the larger end. 3. Tail shorter
. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds -- North America; Ornithology -- North American; Oiseaux -- Amérique du Nord; Ornithologie -- Amérique du Nord. 308 NORTH AMP:iaCAN lUUDS. ContopuB. Hind toe much lon^'cr thun the Iiiteral. Tuil consiiloiiibly lbrke<l, VViiijrs long, pointed; nnich lonj^er thun tho tail, reuchinj,' be- yond the niiddle of the latter; first ijuill about e«iual to the tburth. Bill broad. Color olive-j;ray, and white, sometimes with a yellowish tinge beneath. Lower mandible j)ale-(.'olored. Nest saueer-shajK'nnd the larger end. 3. Tail shorter than the wings, as in the last. Tarsus consiilerably K»ngcr than the mitldle toe; hind toe much longer than lateral. Tail nearly even, sometimes slightly rounded, but little shorter than the wings; lirst primary much shorter than the fourth. Iimpidonax. Head moderately crested; tail about even. BristU's of bill reaching about half-way to tip. Legs stout. A c<)nspicuous light orbital ring, and distinct bands on the wing. More or less tingetl with sulphur-yellow on lower parts. Nest variously constructed, deeply cup-shaped, compact or loose, entirely of either grassy or fibrous and downy material, and fixed to slender twigs or lodged ni a crotc-h between thick branches; eggs white, inuiiaculal<', or with blotches of brown round hirger end. Mitrephorus. Head <lecidedly crested. Tail forked. Bristles of bill reaching nearly to tip. Legs very weak and slender. Beneath more or less tinged with fulvous or ochraceous. Fyrocephalus. Head with a full crest. Tarsus but little longer than the middle toe; hind toe not longer than the lateral. Tail bro^d, even; first ([uill shorter than the fifth. Beneath, with whole crown bright red (except in P. obscurns). Female very diflerent, lacking the red, except posteriorly beneath, and with the breast obsoletely streaked. Genus MILVULUS, Swainson. Milvulus, SwAixsox, Zool. Jour. HI, 1827, 165. Dcspotcs^ REicnEXB.\cn, Avium Syst. Natur
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