. 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. Birds; Birds; 1887. 6G8 SYSTEMATIC SYNOPSIS. —ALEGTOBIDES— GBUIFOBMES. the digestive system is as in the EaiLs ; the cosca are two, situate close together. Carotids two; syringeal m
. 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. Birds; Birds; 1887. 6G8 SYSTEMATIC SYNOPSIS. —ALEGTOBIDES— GBUIFOBMES. the digestive system is as in the EaiLs ; the cosca are two, situate close together. Carotids two; syringeal muscles one pair; femoro-caudal absent. 269. A'RAMUS. (Etym. ignot.) CouELANS. BUI twice as long as the head, slender but strong, compressed, grooved for about half its length, contracted opposite the nostrils, the terminal portion enlarged and decurved. Nostrils long, hnear, pervious. Head completely feathered to the bill; tibite half bare; tarsus scuteUate anteriorly, as long as the bUl, longer than middle. Fig. 463. — Parrajacana, ^ nat. size. (From Brehm.) toe; toes cleft, the hinder short, elevated, the outer longer than inner; wings short, rounded, with falcate 1st primary, the inner quills folding over the primaries when closed; tail short., of 12 broad feathers. 671. A. pic'tus. (Lat. pictus, painted, spotted.) Scolopaceous Couelan. Crying-bird. Carau. Limpkin. Chocolate-brown with a slight olivaceous or other gloss, paler on the face, chin, and throat, most of the plumage sharply streaked with white. Length ; extent ; wing ; tail ; bill and tarsus, each, about Florida, and West 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 Coues, Elliott, 1842-1899; Fuertes, Louis Agassiz, 1874-1927. asn; Estes & Lauriat. prt; John Wilson and Son. p
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