. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds -- North America; Ornithology -- North American; Oiseaux -- Amérique du Nord; Ornithologie -- Amérique du Nord. 00 NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. Spermophila. Bill \ery short and broad, scarcely lonpror than hif^h, not coniprt'ssod; culnion gn-atly curvtMl. l\)K)r: i-liiclly l)lack and â \vlnt«', or hrown and irray. Phonipara. Bill more trianj^'ular, decidedly lon conipressetl; eulnien only slij^ditly »'in'ved, or perlectly dull olive-green ;uul blackish, with or without yellow about the head. C Wing much short
. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds -- North America; Ornithology -- North American; Oiseaux -- Amérique du Nord; Ornithologie -- Amérique du Nord. 00 NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. Spermophila. Bill \ery short and broad, scarcely lonpror than hif^h, not coniprt'ssod; culnion gn-atly curvtMl. l\)K)r: i-liiclly l)lack and â \vlnt«', or hrown and irray. Phonipara. Bill more trianj^'ular, decidedly lon conipressetl; eulnien only slij^ditly »'in'ved, or perlectly dull olive-green ;uul blackish, with or without yellow about the head. C Wing much shorter than the tail. a Head crested. Prevailing color red. Bill red or whitish. Pyrrhuloxia. Bill pyrrhuline, very short, and with the culmen greatly convex; shorter than high. Hind claw less than it». (Same type.) Of:v. Bill rather largo, mufh swollen at the base; the culmen broad, gently but decidedly curved; the gonysnearly straight; the connnissure nnich angulated near the base, then slightly sinuatcd; lower mandil>le nearh" as deep as the upper, the margins much inflected, and shut- ting under the upper mandible. Nostrils small, strictly basal. Rictus quite rtiflly bi istly. Legs large and stout. Tarsi a little longer than the middle toe: outer toe rather longer than the inner, and reaching to the concealed base of the mid- dle claw ; hind toe reaching to the base of the middle claw ; hind claw. Cnlumospiza bicolor. about as long as its toe. Claws all strong, compressed, and consideraMy curved. Wings long and pointed; the first four nearly e(|Mal. and abruptly longest; the tertials much elongated, as long as the primaries. Tail a little shorter than the wings, slightly gradu- ated ; the feathers rather narrow and oblicpiely oval, rounded at the end. Color. JA/Ze, black, with white on the wings. Femak, brown aI,ove, beneath white, with Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced
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