. Key to North American birds [microform] : 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. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. 474 SYSTEMATIC SYNOPSIS. — I'lCAHlJE— ClfCl'LlFOHMES. 487. Ci. I'lillfornlu'nus. (Of {'ulifdniiii. Fijfs. 324, H;J5.) Groi'M) f'rrKoo. C'iiai>auuai. (Nick. IJoAK UrXNKU. SNAKK I'AIMANO. MoHt of tllC foiltlHTH (if the licud lliul IKck l»ri«llt'-tii»|M'(l; a iiiikcil iirni iii'imiiil i'yi>; crown cri'Hti'd ; |>lu
. Key to North American birds [microform] : 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. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. 474 SYSTEMATIC SYNOPSIS. — I'lCAHlJE— ClfCl'LlFOHMES. 487. Ci. I'lillfornlu'nus. (Of {'ulifdniiii. Fijfs. 324, H;J5.) Groi'M) f'rrKoo. C'iiai>auuai. (Nick. IJoAK UrXNKU. SNAKK I'AIMANO. MoHt of tllC foiltlHTH (if the licud lliul IKck l»ri«llt'-tii»|M'(l; a iiiikcil iirni iii'imiiil i'yi>; crown cri'Hti'd ; |>luiiiaK<'coiirHi'. (J 9 '• Above, lim- troiiM lii'oiizy or fo|i|)i'ry-j,'n'('ii, cliaiiKitig to dark Htwl-hluc on tlici licad auil neck, to ])iir))liNli- violct oil tho middle tail-fcatlicrs; cvcrywln'rc cxi'cpt on ninii) <'onsiiii<'UoiiHly strrakcd with wiiili', niiNcd with tawny on the head, neck, and win^s — thif wliite and butf streaking roii- sistinj; of tlie oilp's of the leathers, whicli am frayed out, fringe-like, ])rodneing a jieenliar elVe; nostrils basal, inferior, exposed, elliiitical; feet comparatively small, tho tarsus naked, not longer than i\w, toes. There are four or five genera, and perhaps twenty sjiecies, of this subfamily; one genus only is North Fio. Tree Cuckoo (foecj/ffMs ameri^n- American, with three distinct species. «««), reduced. (From Tcnncy, after Wilson.) 121. COC'CYGUS. (An adjectival form derived from KoKKuf, a (Mickoo.) Trke Ct:CKOOS. Head not crested; all the feathers soft. Bill as above. Wings pointed, but not longer than tho tail; inner quills not folding over much of the primaries; Hd and 4th primaries longest, 2d and 5tli shorter, 1st nuich shorter still. Tail of soft rather tapering feathers, with very obtuso ends; much graduated. Tibial ft^athors flowing; tarsi naked, shorter than middle toe. Our sjiccies aro strictly arboricole birds of lithe form, blended plumage and subdued colors; tho head is not c
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