. 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 . brown. Bill blackish, flesh-colored at base; legs dingy yellow; warty excres-cences yellow; feathers of the ruff endlessly varied in color. Length about ; wing ; SCOL OP
. 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 . brown. Bill blackish, flesh-colored at base; legs dingy yellow; warty excres-cences yellow; feathers of the ruff endlessly varied in color. Length about ; wing ; SCOL OP A CIB^: TA TTLEB8. 641 248. tail ; bill ; tarsus ? smaller, lacking the ruff aud tubercles, etc. A widelydistributed bird of the Old World, noted for its pugnacity; occasionally killed on the coast ofNew England and the Middle States. (Lawrence, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y., v, 1853, p. 230,Long Island. Cones, Pr. Essex Inst., v, 1868, p. 296 ; New England. Brewster, Am. Nat.,vi, 1873, p. 300; Massachusetts. Brewster, Bull. Nuttall Club, i, 1876, p. 19; , Bull. Nuttall Club, ii, 1877, p. 83; Ohio.—Forest and Stream, Oct. 7, 1880, ; Massachusetts. See Freke, Zoologist, Sept. 1881, p. 376.) BARTRAMIA. (To Wm. Bartram.) Bill rather shorter than head, much shorter than tar-sus, about equal to middle toe; straight, the culmen a little concave in most of its length, the 640. A Mi4f(. Fig. 448. —The Buff, cf, in fell feather, i nat. size, (rrom Brehm.) upper mandible grooved for three-fourths its length. Gape very wide and deep, reaching beloweyes. Feathers on side of lower mandible scarcely or not reaching opposite those on upper, andnot filling the interramal space. Tail very long, more than one-half the wing, moderate, pointed. Tibiae denuded for nearly the length of the middle toe. Tarsiseutellate before and behind, much longer than middle toe and claw. Outer toe moderatelywebbed; inner cleft to the base. Size medium; neck and legs
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