. 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. S((U.(tPA(: IHF. SSIVK FAMILY. «u: lis Iv Tlip Terekia ciiieira iiirls nf ilic Olil WnrM, witli tlu' bill recunMil aliiioxt as in an aviK'ct, stanils lit'twrrii tlii' miihvii- ainl tiitili'i>. f. 'I'lic Siiiiil/tiprrs (Tiiiii)ii. cti.) arr a rallicr extrusive irriiii|>, uotalile for tlie variatinn ill liiilior
. 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. S((U.(tPA(: IHF. SSIVK FAMILY. «u: lis Iv Tlip Terekia ciiieira iiirls nf ilic Olil WnrM, witli tlu' bill recunMil aliiioxt as in an aviK'ct, stanils lit'twrrii tlii' miihvii- ainl tiitili'i>. f. 'I'lic Siiiiil/tiprrs (Tiiiii)ii. cti.) arr a rallicr extrusive irriiii|>, uotalile for tlie variatinn ill liiilior "f fnrill, timt it xvilli aliiii»t every speeies —a eireilliiMaiiee liiat the creftidii of a iiiiiiilier of iiiiiieees?-ar\ u'e iikewise is iiiiieii restricteil: lint the liill is inni'il sliorliT, avfra^iii^ aliont i'i|ual to the iieail. One trivial eircniiistanee aH'onls a ^ooil i-iiie to this ^ron]i: tlie tail-featliers are |iiaiii-eoliire(l, or with simide e<li;ini;s, wiiih' in iiliiiosl all the s|U'eies of other u'roiips these feathers are liarreil eroxswise. In this uronji the seasonal changes of |ilnnia;;e are very j^reat ; the |iro|ioifions of the hus, and weldiin^ of the toes, are varialde with the speeies. hnt. as a rnle, the toes are ehft to the liase (not so in *W«/"//i»/(Ihi« anil Firinietrs), and four in niiinlier (exrept Ciilidri.). The sandjiipers lielont' partienlarly to the northern hemisphere, and I'l'eed in hiuh latitinles; they perform extensive migrations, and in winter s| read over inoKt of tin- world. Ainoiig them are the mo^t dlniiniilive of Km l:i.'l. — AmiTli'iiii Siii|H-, iiInhiI J tint. rizo. iKnim Aniirli'.'iii i' They arr proliahly without exeeption j;rei;arions, and often llecK tlie lieaeli in vast ninltitndes; they live liy preferenee in (i/irii wet places, rather than in fens and marshes, and feed hy pioli- iii^, like snipe ', the voice is mellow anil pipint;. They are pretty well distin
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