. 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. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. ^^ n ! I !jl l^ 270 Ai;i)i:ii).r,, iidkons.—(;i;.\. •2:\f<. will) siiiiciviliiiry stiipc; tuil lnowii ; (|iiills irrcciii^, willi ii jrliiii^iiiis , lirowii-tipp.'il ; liill IiImcU .•111(1 ycllowi-li. I('l:s irrcciiisli, soles yollow: -';!-:.'s 1,,iil;'; wiii:^- li)-i;!; tail 1;},. ol' ,,iily H* rcatliors ; liili aliiiiit I^ ;
. 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. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. ^^ n ! I !jl l^ 270 Ai;i)i:ii).r,, iidkons.—(;i;.\. •2:\f<. will) siiiiciviliiiry stiipc; tuil lnowii ; (|iiills irrcciii^, willi ii jrliiii^iiiis , lirowii-tipp.'il ; liill IiImcU .•111(1 ycllowi-li. I('l:s irrcciiisli, soles yollow: -';!-:.'s 1,,iil;'; wiii:^- li)-i;!; tail 1;},. ol' ,,iily H* rcatliors ; liili aliiiiit I^ ; tiii-iis ahoiit .'U. 'rciiipcrato N. Am,, aliiimlant. .Not ^rciriiiioiis ; on tlio ^Tniiiid ; t'<:.,(J71. IvvDicorr, Am. Nat. ili, IC!). . vu,. it:, 238. Goniis ARDETTA Gray. /,i-(i.:f liillcrn. X(i pi'ciiliar fc'itlicrs, hut tiiosc of the lower neck loiii^ and loose, as in tiie hiltern ; si/e veiT small : 11-11 inelies lonir; wini^ ;); tail 2 or less; Ml! 2 or less; tarsus uhoiit I'li. ('. ^ with the slightly crested crown, hack and tail, Jjlossy ijreenisli-lilack; neck hehind, most of the \\\\\\i coverts, and outer cdnes of inner (piills, rich chestnut, other wiuix coviTts hrownish-yellow; front and sides of neck, and mider parts, hrownish-yidlow, varied with white aloni,' the throat-line, the sides of the hreast with a patch; hill and lores mostly pale yellow, the culnien hlaekish ; eyes and soles yellow; leijs greenish-yellow; 9 with the hla'ck of the hack cntireh', that of the crown nu)stly or wholly, replaced hy rich puri)lish-(Iiestnu., the ediics of the scapulars forming a hrownish-white stripe on either side. U. S., common. AVils., viii, .'57, i)l. ()5, f. 1; Xltt., ii, (ili; Auu., vi, 100, pi. 3GG; liu., 1)73. . Family GRUIDJE3. Cranes. As iih'pady intiinaloil, cranes are rehitcd to rails in essential points of strncttnv, tlioiijili more resenihling herons in their general asi)ect. T
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