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. The birds of eastern North America known to occur east of the nineteenth meridian .. . Belly and line below eye, tawny butV. We-^t Indian si)ecies accidental on FloridaKeys. Ruddy Quail Dove,riountain No. 257. 158 KEY TO THE BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMP:R1CA. Group 3. Wing, over inches long. ^^. Si WN Tail, pointed and latlitT loiis:: under tail coverts, white. Passenger Pigeon. Ectopistes migratorim-: See Xo. 201. Tail, square; under tail coverts, gray or bluish gray. White=crowned Pigeon. Cohimha leacdccphnhi. See No. 250. FAMILY Vulture
. The birds of eastern North America known to occur east of the nineteenth meridian .. . Belly and line below eye, tawny butV. We-^t Indian si)ecies accidental on FloridaKeys. Ruddy Quail Dove,riountain No. 257. 158 KEY TO THE BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMP:R1CA. Group 3. Wing, over inches long. ^^. Si WN Tail, pointed and latlitT loiis:: under tail coverts, white. Passenger Pigeon. Ectopistes migratorim-: See Xo. 201. Tail, square; under tail coverts, gray or bluish gray. White=crowned Pigeon. Cohimha leacdccphnhi. See No. 250. FAMILY Vultures. Plumage, black or dark brown; hind toe, short; claws, not sharp;head, bare in adult. Group 1. Wing from 14 to 21 inches 1. Wing, less than 17 inches long. Head and foreueck, bare; skin of head, blackish; general plumage, black;primaries, hoary white beneath. Black Crow. Cathniistn No. 260. FAMILY CATHARTID^. AMERICAN VULTURES. 151) Section 2. Wing, over 17 inches General plumage, brownish l)lack or dark l)ro\vn : hill, whitish; the adult hasthe head without feathers, the skin being red; innnature birds have tlie headfeathered. Turkey No. 259. 160 KEY TO THE BIRDS OF EASTERN ^ORTH AMERICA. FAMILY FALCONID^E. HAWKS, FALCONS, E:AGLES, ETC. (iKOUP 1. Wiug, less thau inches long. See page 2. Wing, to inches long. See page 3. Wing, to 13 inches long. See page 164. Section 1. Species having second primary longest. Seepage 165. Section 2. Species having third primary longest. See page 166. Section 3. Species luiving fourth primary longest. See page 4, AVing, 13 to 15 iuclies long. See page 167. Section 1. Second primary, longest; first and second primaries, emarginate or page 167. Section 2. Thiid primary, longest; face, bare. See page 167. Section 3. Fourth primary, longest; upper tail coverts, white. See page 168. Section 4. Fourtli
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