. 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; 1887. with edge dible; blue ; grayish - bine of upper man- feet grayish- claws black ; iris brown. Head and neck above rich dark brown, glossed witli green and purple
. 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; 1887. with edge dible; blue ; grayish - bine of upper man- feet grayish- claws black ; iris brown. Head and neck above rich dark brown, glossed witli green and purple ; side of neck with a long white strijic run- ning up from the white under parts ; back of neck with a black stripe passing below into the gray color of the back; the lower fore-neck, breast, and under parts usually, white, the sides finely waved with black, the crissum black, white-bordered. Fore back finely waved vnth narrow bars i^f blaclc and white or whitish ; the scapulars and long tertiaries firmly striped lengthwise with velvety-black and silvery-gray. Lesser wing-coverts plain gray ; greater tiji^ied with reddish- buff', framing the speculum anteriorly; this is of coppery- or purplish-violet iridescence, framed posteriorly with black sub-tijis and white tips of the secondaries, internally with silvery and Fig. 480 — Pin-tail Duck, ? ,f. (From Lewis.). 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; Fuertes, Louis Agassiz, 1874-1927. asn; Estes & Lauriat. prt; John Wilson and Son. prt. Boston, Estes and Lauriat
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