. Key to North American birds. Containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary, inclusive of Greenland and Lower California, with which are incorporated General ornithology: an outline of the structure and classification of birds; and Field ornithology, a manual of collecting, preparing, and preserving birds . Fig. 314. — Stellula calliope, ^, nat. size. (From Elliot.) white, glossed with green on the sides. Bill yellowish below. Length ; wing ); ; bill 9^ Form of th
. Key to North American birds. Containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary, inclusive of Greenland and Lower California, with which are incorporated General ornithology: an outline of the structure and classification of birds; and Field ornithology, a manual of collecting, preparing, and preserving birds . Fig. 314. — Stellula calliope, ^, nat. size. (From Elliot.) white, glossed with green on the sides. Bill yellowish below. Length ; wing ); ; bill 9^ Form of the ^; color of upper parts the same. No gorget; throat whitishwith dark specks; other under parts quite strongly tinged with rufous. A white mark undereye; bill light at base below. Middle tail-feathers green, not so golden as the back, ending .•]r>. 466 SYSTEM A TIC SYNOPSIS. — PICAEI^ — CYPSELIFOBMES. with dusky; others green (or gray) for a diiigapec decreasing on successive feathers, cros^^cdwith black, tipped with white to reciprocally increasing extent, and touched with rufous atbase, as in several allied species; hut the small size, slight rufous on tail, and the extensiverufous on under ijarts, are characteristic. Mts. of whole Pacific slope, U. S. ; E. to Nevada;S. iuto CALOTHORAX. (, ^YtZos, beautiful : e^pa^. thorax, iAw^x.) Lucifer different from any of the foregoing. Bill curved tln-oughout, longer than head; but nasalscale covered as usual by feathers, and color of bill black. Tail deeply forked ; lateral tail-feather shorter than next, and in (lur species filiform and acicuhir. Tarsi partly 418. C. lucifer. (Lat. Lucifer, the light - bearer; Uw, light,/eco, I bear. Fig. 315.) Lucifer Humming-bird. $ : Above, bronzy-green; gorget lilac-purple ; wings and ta
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