. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds -- North America; Ornithology -- North America; Oiseaux -- Amérique du Nord; Ornithologie -- Amérique du Nord. .*'>n2 XORTII AM KIM CAN HIRDSi. liirij;e»r tliaii in the nnidart'tcs TIktc is, iinlctMl, no similarity between the two egi^s. They measure .SS by lis of ;ui inch. Gems CHONDESTES, Swafxson. Cf)»ii(U' 8WAINSON, riiil. Ma-;. I, 1^27, i'S't. — In. Fauna 11, 1831. ('Y\\u: Chnndtsf>s fifrifjatus, i>\\,'., i'iixiid to Friiifjillii (jrunuiuica, iiA\.) <^KN. Chah. Bill swulN'ii ; Itotli <^»iitli
. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds -- North America; Ornithology -- North America; Oiseaux -- Amérique du Nord; Ornithologie -- Amérique du Nord. .*'>n2 XORTII AM KIM CAN HIRDSi. liirij;e»r tliaii in the nnidart'tcs TIktc is, iinlctMl, no similarity between the two egi^s. They measure .SS by lis of ;ui inch. Gems CHONDESTES, Swafxson. Cf)»ii(U' 8WAINSON, riiil. Ma-;. I, 1^27, i'S't. — In. Fauna 11, 1831. ('Y\\u: Chnndtsf>s fifrifjatus, i>\\,'., i'iixiid to Friiifjillii (jrunuiuica, iiA\.) <^KN. Chah. Bill swulN'ii ; Itotli <^»iitliiit's ;i«'iitly curv<*e than the leni^'th of tile gonys : broader tlian the upper. Tarsi moderate, about etjual to the middle toe; lateral toes equal and very shoit, reaehinjr but little l>eyond the midtlle of the penulti- mate joint of the middle toe. and falliuir eonsiderably short of the base of middle elaw. Wings, long, pointed, reaching nearly to the mid- dle of tlie tail ; the tertials not longer than the ; the first quill shorter than the second and third, which are equal. The tail is moderately long, considerably graduated, the feathers rather narrow, and elliptically rounded at the end. Streaketl on the back. Read with well-delined large stripes. Beneath white, with a pectoral spot. Only one species recognized. '. C*ionileSt'x ^rammara. Chondestes grammaca, Bonap. LABK SPABSOW. Frimjillri gramvincfi, Say, in Long's Exped. R. Mts. I, 1823, 139. — Bon. Am. Orn. 1, ;), 47, pi. V, f. 3. —Aid. Orn. Biog. V, 1839, 17, pi. occxc. Chondestes grmmmtca, Bon. List, 1838.—Ib. Conspeetns, 1850, 479. — Baiud, Birds N. Am. 1858, 45t).— CooPEii & SucKLKV, 200. — Maynaud, Birds E. 1870, 112 <).— CooPEit, Orn. t'al. I, 193, Emherizu gnrmmacit, AuD. Synopsis, 1839, 101. — Ib. Birds Am. Ill, 1841, 03, pi. clviii. — Max. Cab. Jour. VI, 1858, 343. CJvondestcs striffiitm, Swainson, Philos. Mag. I, 1»27, 435. S
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