. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds -- North America; Ornithology -- North America; Oiseaux -- Amérique du Nord; Ornithologie -- Amérique du Nord. —THE DIPPERS. 00 CINCLIDiE. — The Dippers. On page 2 will be found the characteristics of tliis family, which need not be here repeated. There is only a single genus, Cinclm, with four American species, and several from Europe and Asia. Genus CINCLUS, Bechstein. Ififdrohnta, , Analyse, 1816 (Ag.). — Baird, B. N. A. 229. Cuidus, BixHsTi-iN, vNinein. Naturg. 1802. (Not ol" Moehiing, 17r»2
. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds -- North America; Ornithology -- North America; Oiseaux -- Amérique du Nord; Ornithologie -- Amérique du Nord. —THE DIPPERS. 00 CINCLIDiE. — The Dippers. On page 2 will be found the characteristics of tliis family, which need not be here repeated. There is only a single genus, Cinclm, with four American species, and several from Europe and Asia. Genus CINCLUS, Bechstein. Ififdrohnta, , Analyse, 1816 (Ag.). — Baird, B. N. A. 229. Cuidus, BixHsTi-iN, vNinein. Naturg. 1802. (Not ol" Moehiing, 17r»2. Type Sfumus cin. cIks, L.) —Salvix, Ibis, 18»)7, 109. (Moiiograi)h.) (Ikn. Ciiau. Bill witliont any bristU-s at i\w base; slendiM-, subulate; the mandible bent slightly upward; the cuhuen slightly concave to near the tip, which is much curved and notched; the commissural edges of the bill finely nicked towards end. Feet large and strong, the toes projecting considerably beyond the tail; the claws large. Lateral toes eipial. Tail very short and even; not two thirds the wings, which are concave and somewhat falcate. The first primary io more than cue fourth the longest Eggs Cinclus mexkanus. The slightly upward bend of the bill, somewhat as mAnthiu^, renders the ciilmen concave, and the commissure slightly convex. The maxilla at base is nearly as high as the man-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Baird, Spencer F. , 1823-1887; Brewer, T. M. (Thomas Mayo), 1814-1880; Ridgway, Robert, 1850-1929. Boston : Little, Brown
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