. 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 . Fig. 215. — Brandts RosyFinch. (After Baird.) 352 SYSTEM A TIC SYNOPSIS. — PA SSEBES — 306. arctoa. (Gr. d^Kraos, arJdoios, uortheni.) Pallass Eosy Finch. Dusky-puq)l
. 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 . Fig. 215. — Brandts RosyFinch. (After Baird.) 352 SYSTEM A TIC SYNOPSIS. — PA SSEBES — 306. arctoa. (Gr. d^Kraos, arJdoios, uortheni.) Pallass Eosy Finch. Dusky-puq)lish;neck above ptde yellowish ; forehead ami luisJpfeathers blackish; outer webs of quills audwing-coverts, tail-coverts, rump aud crissuui sim-ry-gray, rosy-uiargined. Kurile and Aleu-tian Islands; Siberia. Subgenerically diflereut from any of the foregoing. 68. ^:GrOTHUS. (Gr. Atyloeos, nom. piopr. Fig. 216.) Red-poll Linnets. Bill small,short, straight, very acute, metre or less compressed, the lateral outlines usually a little concave,those of culmeu and gonys straight; commissure straight to the slight angulation. Base of billthickly beset with a ruff of antrorse plumules, concealing the small nasal foss;e aud roundnostrils. Wings longer than tail, pointed by first 3 rather long for this group, forked. Feet small aud weak,but tarsi longer than middle toe without claw; lateral toes of equal lengths, their claw-tips falling beyond base of middle claw. ^^^^s^^i^^^V^>Hind claw much lo
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