. 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 . ota at 49° coming early in September from the (Gr. x^^^po^j chondros, cartilage; also grain, seeds; eSearris, edestes, aneater; badly formed.) Lark Sparrows. Fram
. 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 . ota at 49° coming early in September from the (Gr. x^^^po^j chondros, cartilage; also grain, seeds; eSearris, edestes, aneater; badly formed.) Lark Sparrows. Framed for asingle species, wdth long pointed wings exceeding thelong rounded tail; point of the wing fonned by 2d and 3dprimaries, but 1st and 4th scarcely shorter; rest rapidlygraduated. Tarsus about equal to middle toe and claw ;lateral toes short, tips of the claws not reaching base ofmiddle claw. Bill swollen-conic, with culmen slightlyconvex, and commissure little angulated. Sjiecies large,for a sparrow, streaked above, white below, the head andtail parti-colored. C. grammica. (Or. ypafxfUKos, grammicos, marked with , gramma, a line, word ; badly selected to indicate thestripes of the head. Fig. 243.) Lark Sparrow. LarkFixcH. ^ 9> adult: Head variegated with chestnut, black, and white; crown chestnut,l)lackening on forehead, divided by a median stripe, and bounded by superciliary stripes, of. Fig. 243. — Lark Sparrow, nat. size.(Adnat. del. E. C.) FRINGILLID.^: FINCHES, BUNTINGS, SPARROWS, ETC. 385 white ; a black Hue through eye, aud auother below eye, euclosiug a white streak uuder theeye and the chestnut auriculars ; uext, a sharp black maxillary stripe not quite reachiug thebill, cutting off a white stripe from the white chin and throat. A black blotch on middle ofbreast. Under parts white, faintly shaded with grayish-brown ; upper parts grayish-brown,the middle of the back with fine black streaks. Tail very long, its central feathers like theback, the re
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