. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. 528 NORTH AMERICAN BIRDa. Picoitfex nrctinis. Gkms FICOIDES, Lxckv. I'iciiii/i's, I,ACK1'. Mpiii. Inst. 17!i!i. ('''yin', Picun Iridudi/liu,) Tridiu-lijliii, SiKi'it. Sliuw, (icii. Zuiil. 1*10. Jlilinuis, Sw. V. It. A. II, US.'U, ;!11. Gkn. Ciiah. Hill about as louj; ;i llio licad, very imicli dcprcwscil at tlu> ; the outlines nearly strai^jlit; tliu lalci-nl liili^c at liasc niucli ncarci- the L''c than tlic cnluicM, .so to briiiff tlic larp', lallicr lin
. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. 528 NORTH AMERICAN BIRDa. Picoitfex nrctinis. Gkms FICOIDES, Lxckv. I'iciiii/i's, I,ACK1'. Mpiii. Inst. 17!i!i. ('''yin', Picun Iridudi/liu,) Tridiu-lijliii, SiKi'it. Sliuw, (icii. Zuiil. 1*10. Jlilinuis, Sw. V. It. A. II, US.'U, ;!11. Gkn. Ciiah. Hill about as louj; ;i llio licad, very imicli dcprcwscil at tlu> ; the outlines nearly strai^jlit; tliu lalci-nl liili^c at liasc niucli ncarci- the L''c than tlic cnluicM, .so to briiiff tlic larp', lallicr linear (! lollieedfre ol' surc. Tliep)nys very Ion;:. e(|ual to the ( I'roni the to the tip of tho hill. Feet with only three toes, tho or imier hinder one Ijeini; wantiuir ; the outer lateral a little lonj,'er thnii the inner, hut slijrhtly exceeded by tho hind toe, which is about equal to tho Winjfs very lonp, reaehiiif,' beyond the middle ol' the tail, the tip of the liist (piill between those ol' sixth and seventh. Color black above, with a broad patch of yoUow on the crown; white beneath, trans- versely banded on the sides. Quills, but not wing-eoverts, with round spots. Lateral tail-feathers white, without bands on exposed portion, except in European specimens. The ])eculiarities of tliis oeiuis in the al).sence of the inner hind toe tuul the great depression of tlio bill. The tignre above fails to rejircseut the median ridge of the bill as viewed from above. Common Ciiahactkus. The American species of Plcouhn afrroe in beinf? black above and white beneath; the crown with a square yellow patch in the male; a white stripe liehind the eye, and another from the loral region beneath tho eye ; the quills (but not the coverts) spotted with white; the sides banded transversely with black. The diagnostic characters (including the European species) are as follows: — Species and Varieties. P. arcticus. Dors
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