. 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. 816 SYSTEMATIC SYNOPSIS.—PYGOPODES. 346. 874 LOM'VIA, (N. European name of birds of this Itind.) Mtikres. Guillemots. Egg- BIEDS. Bill sill liter than head, long
. 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. 816 SYSTEMATIC SYNOPSIS.—PYGOPODES. 346. 874 LOM'VIA, (N. European name of birds of this Itind.) Mtikres. Guillemots. Egg- BIEDS. Bill sill liter than head, longer than tarsus, straight or slightly decurved, much com- pressed; culmen regularly curved throughout; rictus curved in most of its length; gonys straight, or little curved, nearly as long as culmen; upper mandible grooved on the side near tip, its commissural edge greatly inflected. Nasal fossaj fully feathered. Feathers on lower. Fig. — Gathering TMurre's eggs in Alasli-a. (Designed by H. W. Elliott.) mandible retreating in straight oblique line from inten'amal space to rictus. Tail short., much rounded, contained over .3 times in length of wing. Tarsus compressed, much shorter than middle toe and claw ; outer claw not grooved on outer face. A furrow in plumage behind eye. Colors dark above, white below. Egg single, pictured, pyriform. Analysis of Species. Depth of bill opposite nostrils not more than -J the length of culmen. Bill comparatively slender, not dilated .along eilge of upper mandible at base, the culmen, commissure anil gonyH curved. Atlantic troile 874 Bill stouter, somewhat dilated along edges of up[)er mandible at base, the culmen, rictus, and gonys nearly straight. Pacific cali/ornica 875 Depth of bill opposite nostrils more than } the length of culmen. Bill v^ry stout, thick, deep, much dilated along edgesof upper mandible at base ; culmen, commissure and gonys curved arra 876 Li. troile. (Nom. propr., of uncertain reference. Figs. 556, 557, 560.) Co
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