. 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. Illustrated by 6 steel plates and upwards of 250 woodcuts. Birds. 322. Genus SIMORHYNCHUS Merrem. '/ Crested Auh. Adult in summer: blackish, paler and grayish below. A recur\fed frontal crest of 12-20 narrow feathers, dark ; a bundle of lengthened Fro. m. Pan-oquet Auk. filamentous feathers over and behind each eye, white. Bill red, yellow-tipped, with singularly irregular rictus, sides of lower mandible whol
. 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. Illustrated by 6 steel plates and upwards of 250 woodcuts. Birds. 322. Genus SIMORHYNCHUS Merrem. '/ Crested Auh. Adult in summer: blackish, paler and grayish below. A recur\fed frontal crest of 12-20 narrow feathers, dark ; a bundle of lengthened Fro. m. Pan-oquet Auk. filamentous feathers over and behind each eye, white. Bill red, yellow-tipped, with singularly irregular rictus, sides of lower mandible wholly naked, and a horny development at the commissural angle. Phcderis crhtatella Amd., vii, 253, pi. 467 ; Cass, in Bd., 906 ; Slriiorliynchus crislatellus Coues, I. c. 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 Coues, Elliott, 1842-1899. Salem [Mass. ] Naturalists' Agency; New York, Dodd and Mead; [etc. , etc. ,]
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