. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds -- North America; Ornithology -- North American; Oiseaux -- Amérique du Nord; Ornithologie -- Amérique du Nord. StHrnelln masna. the hrisrht; commissure straight from the basal angle. Culmen flattened basally, ex- tending backwards and parting the frontal leathers: longer than the head, but shorter than tarsus. Nostrils linear, covered by an inc"mbent membranous scale. Inner lateral toe longer than the outer. but not reai-hing to basal joint of middle ; hind toe a little shorter than the middle, which is equal to the tars


. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds -- North America; Ornithology -- North American; Oiseaux -- Amérique du Nord; Ornithologie -- Amérique du Nord. StHrnelln masna. the hrisrht; commissure straight from the basal angle. Culmen flattened basally, ex- tending backwards and parting the frontal leathers: longer than the head, but shorter than tarsus. Nostrils linear, covered by an inc"mbent membranous scale. Inner lateral toe longer than the outer. but not reai-hing to basal joint of middle ; hind toe a little shorter than the middle, which is equal to the tarsus. Hind claw nearly twice as long as the middle. Feathers of head stiflened and bristly; the shafts of those above extended into a black seta. Tertials nearly equal to the primaries. Feathers above all transversely banded. Be- neath vellow, with a black pectoral Stiirttfffa vin^nn The only species which we can admit is the S. mafpia, though under this name we group several geographical races. They may be distinguished as follows: —. 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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