. 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. Illustrated by 6 steel plates and upwards of 250 woodcuts. Birds. ^ 220 CATHAETIDiE, AMEEICAN VULTURES. GEN. 165. Obs. The Greenland Sea Eagle, //. albiciUa; and the Northern Sea Eagle, H. pdagkus (Cass., 111. 31, pi. 6, and in Bd., 42, 43 ; Elliot, pi. 34, 35), both usually attributed to our fauna, remain to be detected, the former in N. E., the latter in N. W., portions. H. pelagicus has 14 rectrices, and i
. 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. Illustrated by 6 steel plates and upwards of 250 woodcuts. Birds. ^ 220 CATHAETIDiE, AMEEICAN VULTURES. GEN. 165. Obs. The Greenland Sea Eagle, //. albiciUa; and the Northern Sea Eagle, H. pdagkus (Cass., 111. 31, pi. 6, and in Bd., 42, 43 ; Elliot, pi. 34, 35), both usually attributed to our fauna, remain to be detected, the former in N. E., the latter in N. W., portions. H. pelagicus has 14 rectrices, and is otherwise 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 Coues, Elliott, 1842-1899. Salem [Mass. ] Naturalists' Agency; New York, Dodd and Mead; [etc. , etc. ,]
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