. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds -- North America; Ornithology -- North America; Oiseaux -- Amérique du Nord; Ornithologie -- Amérique du Nord. — THE GROUND-TITS. 83 #A Family CHAMiESADJE. — The Ground-Tits. Char. Bill compressed, short, rather conical, not notched nor decurved. Culmen sliarp-rid<«-ed. Nostrils linear, with an incumbent scale, llictal bristles reaching beyond nostrils, which are scantily overhung by bristly leathers. Loral feathers bristly and directed forwards. Tarsi booted, or covered with a continuous plate anteriorly, with f
. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds -- North America; Ornithology -- North America; Oiseaux -- Amérique du Nord; Ornithologie -- Amérique du Nord. — THE GROUND-TITS. 83 #A Family CHAMiESADJE. — The Ground-Tits. Char. Bill compressed, short, rather conical, not notched nor decurved. Culmen sliarp-rid<«-ed. Nostrils linear, with an incumbent scale, llictal bristles reaching beyond nostrils, which are scantily overhung by bristly leathers. Loral feathers bristly and directed forwards. Tarsi booted, or covered with a continuous plate anteriorly, with faint indications of scutella? on the inner side. Basal joint of middle toe attached for about half its length on either side. Primaries ten; sixth quill longest. Plumage very lax. We liave found it impossible to assign the genus Chamcea to any recog- nized family of American birds, and have accordingly been obliged to give it independent rank in this re- spect, although it may prop- erly belong to some Old World group with which we are not acquainted. In its general appearance it ap- proaches the Paridce in loose plumage, bristly lores, want of notch to bill, etc.; but differs in the very much bristled rictus, sharp-ridged culmen, linear nostrils, booted tarsi, less amount of adhesion of the toes, etc. It approaclies the Sylviidce in the sharp-ridged culmen and bristly gape, but is otherwise very different. The excessively rounded wing is a pecu- liar feature, the sixth primary being the longest. The family may, perhaps, be best placed between the Sylviidon and Paridce. This family has but one representa- tive {Chcimcea fasciata), and this con- fined to the coast region of California. The characters of the genus are those of the 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
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