. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds -- North America; Ornithology -- North America; Oiseaux -- Amérique du Nord; Ornithologie -- Amérique du Nord. 510 ^OUTII AMKRKWN UlUDS. Genus PLECTROPHANES, Meyer. ricrtrophancs, Meyeu, " Tasclu'iilMU'li, ; Agassiz. (V\\\o^ Emlx-riza nh'olis.) Ccntrophfims, Kaup, " Kutw. Gj'.sch. Europ. Thierwelt, Ib^; Agxssiz. (Tyjte, E. lap- ponica.) Gen. Char. Bill variable; conical; the lower mandible higher than the upper; the sidi's of Itoth niandiblc's '^in tiie typical species) guarded by a closely applied b
. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds -- North America; Ornithology -- North America; Oiseaux -- Amérique du Nord; Ornithologie -- Amérique du Nord. 510 ^OUTII AMKRKWN UlUDS. Genus PLECTROPHANES, Meyer. ricrtrophancs, Meyeu, " Tasclu'iilMU'li, ; Agassiz. (V\\\o^ Emlx-riza nh'olis.) Ccntrophfims, Kaup, " Kutw. Gj'.sch. Europ. Thierwelt, Ib^; Agxssiz. (Tyjte, E. lap- ponica.) Gen. Char. Bill variable; conical; the lower mandible higher than the upper; the sidi's of Itoth niandiblc's '^in tiie typical species) guarded by a closely applied brush of stiflened bristly featliers d rected forwards, and in the upper jaw concjaling the nostrils;. Pffrtrophaii's jiiralis. the outlines of the bill nearly , or slightly curve*!; the lower jaw considerably broader at the base than the upjier, and wider than the gonys is long. Tarsi considerably longer than tlie middle toe; the late-al toes n«\irh' eciual (the inner claw largest) and reaching to the base of the middle claw. Tiie hinder claw very long, moderately curved and acute. ct»nsideral)ly longer than it^ toe; the toe and claw together reaching to the middle of the middle claw, or beyond its tip. Wings very long and much [>ointed, reaching nearly to tlie end of the tail; the first quill longest; the others rapidly graduated; the tertiaries a little longer than the secondaries. Tail moderate, about two thirds as long as the wings: nearly even, or slightly emaririnated. Tlie species of this genus are essentially lK)real and cosmopolitan, although America possesses four species r^:tvj9^./ not found, like lier two others, in the Old World. Tliey are all ground-birds, collecting in large flocks, in autumn and winter, on imiiries and plains, some of the species passing far to the southward. There is much variation in the color, and in the details of structure of bill and feet. In P. nivalis PUrtrophnnfs nivalis . • ,i n • n ^ • ,^ alone is the tringe oi
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