. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds -- North America; Ornithology -- North America; Oiseaux -- Amérique du Nord; Ornithologie -- Amérique du Nord. 170 NUKTIl AMKlilCAX lUlJDS, and sliLrlitly r-urvcil; iinuT tin: ami rlaw loiiirer than tho (Uitcr; outstrt'tflicd toi's lalliu;;: short olihr tip ol'tail; hind tut' an«l i-htw shoitt-r than tarsus Aufhus. Point of Avin^s fonned hy lour onti-r primaries, the lirst longest, or as long as others. Leir^* stout, the outstretehed toes reaehini: almost to tip ol' tail. Hind toe and <;law long'er than tarsus, the claw ver
. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds -- North America; Ornithology -- North America; Oiseaux -- Amérique du Nord; Ornithologie -- Amérique du Nord. 170 NUKTIl AMKlilCAX lUlJDS, and sliLrlitly r-urvcil; iinuT tin: ami rlaw loiiirer than tho (Uitcr; outstrt'tflicd toi's lalliu;;: short olihr tip ol'tail; hind tut' an«l i-htw shoitt-r than tarsus Aufhus. Point of Avin^s fonned hy lour onti-r primaries, the lirst longest, or as long as others. Leir^* stout, the outstretehed toes reaehini: almost to tip ol' tail. Hind toe and <;law long'er than tarsus, the claw very long, but equal to the toe pioj)er Xeoconjs. h. ]Vi)ifjs s/iorf. roiDided. Point of wings formed by lour outer primaries of nearly equal length . Xofiocon/s.^ Point of wings formed by live outer primaries, the lirst shorter than third ............. Genus ANTHUS, ^HST. Anthas, Bechst. Geiuein. Naturg. Deutschl. 1802. (,Tyix', Aluada spinolcUa.) Char. Bill slender, much attenuated, and distinctly notched. A few short bristles at the base. Culmen concave at the base. Tarsi (piite tlistinctly seutellate; longer than the middle toe: inner lateral toe the longer. Hind toe rather shorter than the tarsus, V»nt longer than the middle toe, owing to the long, attenuated, and moderately curve<l hin<l claw, which is considerably more than half the total lengtii of the toe. Tail rather long, emarginate. Wing very long. consi«lerably lonirer than the leuirthened tail, reachin}:: to its middle. The first primary nearly equal to the longest. The tertials almost as long as the prima- Anthus lufioi-irianus. But one species of this genus belongs properly to Xorth America, although a sec- ond is accidental in Greenland and Alaska. The diagnoses are as follows: — Bill and feet blackish. Prevailing color above olive-brown. Beneath buff. Edge and inside of wings white. Shafts of middle tail-feathers above dark brown .1. hidoricianita. Bill and feet dusky flesh-color.
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