. 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. Birds; Birds; 1887. ''^ which the trachea is convoluted in an nppen(hige to the furculum ; Acrytlium vulturina, Agelas- tes meleagrides, and Phasidus niger, are the remaining ones.
. 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. Birds; Birds; 1887. ''^ which the trachea is convoluted in an nppen(hige to the furculum ; Acrytlium vulturina, Agelas- tes meleagrides, and Phasidus niger, are the remaining ones. The PhasianidcB, or Pheasants, are a magnificent family of typical Gallinu', of which the domestic fowl is a characteristic example. Tlie feet, nasal foss;e, and usually a part, if not tlie whole, of the head, are naked, and often comhed, horned, (jr wattled. The tarsi commonly develop spurs. The tail, with or witliout its coverts, sometimes has an extraordinary develop- ment or a remarkahle shape (p. 118). There are fifty or si.'cty species, distrihuted in numerous modern genera, ahout twelve of which are well marked; they are all indigenous to Asia and neighbor- ing islands, focusing in India. In the Peacock, Pavo cris- tcdiif:, the tail-coverts firm a superb train, capable of erection into a disli, the most gorgeous object in ornithology; in an allied genus, Pohj- 2>l"Ctron, there are a pair of spurs on each leg. The Argus Pheasant, Argusa- nus gigantetis, is dis- tinguished by the enormous develop- ment of the secon- dary quills, as well as by tlie length of the tail-feathers and peculiarity of the middle pair. The combed, wattled, and spurred bai'u - yard ffjwl, with folded tail and flowing middle feathers, are descend- ants of Gallus bank- iva, type of a small genus. The Tragopans, Ceriornis, are an allied form with few species; the Macartneys, Euplocomus, with a dozen species, are an(jther near form, as are the Impeyans, Loph^phorus with a slender aigrette on the
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