. 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. 290 SYSTEMATIC SYNOPSIS.âPASSEEESâOSCINES. Here belong the genera Mniotilta, Pariila. Protonotwria, Helmintherus, Helminthophila, Peucedramus, Dendrceca, Sitiyus, Opor
. 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. 290 SYSTEMATIC SYNOPSIS.âPASSEEESâOSCINES. Here belong the genera Mniotilta, Pariila. Protonotwria, Helmintherus, Helminthophila, Peucedramus, Dendrceca, Sitiyus, Oporornis, and GeotMypis. 33. MNIOTIL'TA. (Gt. fuviov, mnion, moss, and tiXXoj, tillo, I pluck, or nXros, tiltos, plucked ; conjectural application to the nest-building.) Creeping Warblers. Coloration entirely black-and-white ; tail-feathers white-blotched. Tarsus not longer than middle toe and claw ; hind toe long, with large claw. Wings long, pointed, 1st primary about as long as 2d; tail nearly even, much shorter than wing. BUI nearly as long as head, slender, much compressed, with concave lateral outUnes, and curved culmeu and gonys, shghtly notched and bristled. Only one good species. 91- M. var'ia. (Lat. Dana, variegaW. Fig. 161.) Black-and-white Creeper. ^, adult: Black; edges of feathers of upper parts, coronal, superciliary, and maxillary stripes, tips of greater and median wing-covcrts, outer edges of inner second- aries and inner edges of quills and tail-feathers, and spots on inner webs of lateral tail-feathers, white; under parts mostly white, with black streaks on sides and crissum; bill and feet black. 9 similar: less black in proportion to the white, being mostly white below. Length ; extent ; wing ; taU ; bill nearly Eastern N. Am.; N. to the Fur Conntries; W. to Dakota; migratory; breeds throughout its range; winters from the southern border southward. A Fig. 161. â Black-and-white i â i r ji j ^i ⢠i ^ j ii Creeper,
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