. 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. Fig. 190.— size. (FromBaird.) FiG. 191.— V. a. barbatlllus, uaX size, (From Baird.) V, alti'loqxius barba'tulus. (Lat. alius, high, loqims, sp
. 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. Fig. 190.— size. (FromBaird.) FiG. 191.— V. a. barbatlllus, uaX size, (From Baird.) V, alti'loqxius barba'tulus. (Lat. alius, high, loqims, speaking ; harhahdus, having a little beard. Fig. 191.) Black-whiskeked Greenlet. Whip-tom-kelly. Similar to olwa- ceas ; distinguished by a narrow dusky maxillary line, or line of spots, on each side of the chin; bill longer, ; proportion of quiUs .slightly different (see the figs.). Cuba, Bahamas, and casually in Florida. \V. altiloquus is the West Indian stock-form.] V. philadel'phicus. (Gr. (f>i\ea>, pMleo, I love; a8e\(j)6s, brother. Fig. 192.) Brotii- erly-love Greenlet. Above, dull olive-green, brightening on the rump, fading insensibly into ashy on the crown, which is not bordered with blackish; a duU white superciliary line; below, palest possible yellowish, whitening on throat and belly, slightly olive-shaded on sides; sometimes a slight creamy or buffy shade throughout the under parts; no obvious wing- bars ; no apparent spurious quill. Length ; extent ; wing ; tail ; bill hardly or about ; tarsus Eastern N. Am., strictly; N. to Hudson's Bay ; a small, plainly-colored species, almost indistinguishable from gilvus except by apparent absence of a spurious quiU; not very common in the Atlantic States, more so in the Mississippi 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 p
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