. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. 124 NORTH AMHHirAN BUWH. Jin: (^,32,207, Sonth ; nl'lli,. I'latt.' Uivor, July 1!), ; ('. S. ), Above ilnikiT iiiiibur than the lasi, cacli Icallicr .listinclly boidori-d tiTiiiiiially with nisiv- ochrac'i'ous. JJciiciilli willi a il<r|HT umiiii-ciildi-cd tiu^'c, slvcaks Mntkcr; lliiiik-imlrli liiorc! coiispiciiiiiis and iiiiilbriii; axillais uiivaiif^atcd dusky. Winj,'-luiiinda, 2,;! - I —. I. Wiii{f, ') ; tail, ".25, IIaii. WcvsttTii division of Xortli An
. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. 124 NORTH AMHHirAN BUWH. Jin: (^,32,207, Sonth ; nl'lli,. I'latt.' Uivor, July 1!), ; ('. S. ), Above ilnikiT iiiiibur than the lasi, cacli Icallicr .listinclly boidori-d tiTiiiiiially with nisiv- ochrac'i'ous. JJciiciilli willi a il<r|HT umiiii-ciildi-cd tiu^'c, slvcaks Mntkcr; lliiiik-imlrli liiorc! coiispiciiiiiis and iiiiilbriii; axillais uiivaiif^atcd dusky. Winj,'-luiiinda, 2,;! - I —. I. Wiii{f, ') ; tail, ".25, IIaii. WcvsttTii division of Xortli Anicripa, oasfwanl to Illinois; Orcfron to Lowit California, and Texas. Localities: Texas, San Antonio and Eat,de I'ass (Dukssku) ; Ariiioiia (Couks). Tho ilifl'crcnt staocs of i)himago are in this by no means wo well ilofined as in other spocios, tlieie liuinj,' nearly tlie same -funeral apiieariiiice in all. There is, also, very little variation in dillerent specimens of the same a^e. No. 8,004, (9, Dalles, Oregon ; Dr. Georoo Siickley) has the hlaek markings on the sides of the lireast more circular, and the vandykc-hlack of the with a few circtdar white spots on the edges of the feathers. Wing, ; tail, Nt)s. 17,'J04 (9, San Jos6, Lower California ; John Xantiis, January, 18(30) and 18,258 (,J ? Fort Ihichanan, X. M.) have the u])per surface almost perfectly continuous grayish-drab, the first absolutely un- variegated by markings, though the feathers fade a little on edges, lieneath, tho white is very pure ; the streaks are numerous, sharply defined and longitudinal. Wing, ); tail, 7.')0 (17,204). The American Lanner Falcon is so very closely related to the Lanncrs of Europe and Asia (var. lanarius and var. Jiii/i/cr) that it is very dilUcult to indicate the difl'erences wliich separate them. Tho two Old World forms above named are more uidike each other than they are from the two Ameri- can races ; the var. Jinjijcr differ- ing from nuwicanus appa
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