. 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. con : â con i : .⢠cno ws. 417 310. C. friiffi'vorus. (;()ri«Ai, friiit-catiiii;:/r«.r, fniit; (Wi, I ilcvmir.) C'<imm(1\ Ameui- CAN Cliuw. 'I'Ijc I'liiiiiiKDi \v isn foot itml u lialf loii^, or riitlirr iiiorc; win^ 1:2 to 1 ( iiu'lifti: tail 7 to S ; Itill X.'to-iM), ubout liii;li at '; t
. 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. con : â con i : .⢠cno ws. 417 310. C. friiffi'vorus. (;()ri«Ai, friiit-catiiii;:/r«.r, fniit; (Wi, I ilcvmir.) C'<imm(1\ Ameui- CAN Cliuw. 'I'Ijc I'liiiiiiKDi \v isn foot itml u lialf loii^, or riitlirr iiiorc; win^ 1:2 to 1 ( iiu'lifti: tail 7 to S ; Itill X.'to-iM), ubout liii;li at '; alxnit clonal tn iniilillc tnr and riaw. ralluT exceeding tlif Mil. First |iriiiiary not lnni^cr than Kith. FcathtTs of the thmat uval. soft, anil Idcnilcd ; no snowy-white undcr-pluniafri'. Tin' is chiftly on the win^s, tail, and hark, the head Ix-in^ nearly clcad-hlack. The 9 â >* dt'cidnliy sunillcr than thr f, and iindcr-si/cd cahini't s|i('cinii'ns arc not stddoni lahcllcd " ossifrajjns.'' 'rn X. chii'lly r. S., not ordinarily t'onnd westward in tin- interior, where the raven ahonnds ; rare or wantinu in the rpix'r Missouri and Sinithern Itocky Mt. re^'ious ; coniinoii, however, in some |iarts of California. In settleil ))arts of the couiitry the crow lends to colonize, and some of its "roosts" arc of vast extent. Mine is on the \'irt;inia side of t!ie I'utouuic, near Washini;ton. tVows are always tlyint' west oviT the city in the afternoon, iMid when as a boy I nsed to see the i;ray of the morning, crows were tlyinit the other way It is ihiahtless the same now; hut I oftener hear miilnitfht migrants than see such " early liinls " these days. Nest in trees, any- where in the woods, usually concealed with some art, thoui;h so liulky ; huilt of sticks and trash; ews Iâfi-7, l.'iO X !â¢!?". lik'' the raven's in color and markinu;s, and eciually variable. {('. ittiwriviiHHx, Aiicl.) 311. <'. f. Ilu
Size: 2283px × 1095px
Photo credit: © Library Book Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1880, booksubjectbirds, bookyear1884
