. 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 . eous materials; eggs 6-7, white, profusely speckled and blotched with shades of reddish, brown, aud purplish; X T. 1. miamiensis. (Of the Miami River, Florida.) Floridan
. 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 . eous materials; eggs 6-7, white, profusely speckled and blotched with shades of reddish, brown, aud purplish; X T. 1. miamiensis. (Of the Miami River, Florida.) Floridan Wren. Similar: stouter, and more deeply-colored, especially below, where nearly uniform rusty-brown. ; tail ; bill ; tarsus Florida ; a local race. T. 1. berlandieri. (To Dr. Louis Berlandier.) Texan Wren. Similar: smaller : ; wing ; tail Coloration darker than in typical ludovidanus, especially below; flanks as well as crissum barred with dusky; tail-bars broken up into iiTegular nebulatiou. Valley of the Rio Grande ; a local race. T. bewicki. (To Thomas Bewick.) Bewicks Wren. Above, dark grayish-brown; below, ashy-white, with a brownish wash on the flanks. Rump with concealed whitish spots. A long whitish superciliary stripe from nostrils to nape. Under tail-coverts dark-barred; two middle tail-feathers like back, with numerous fine black bars; others black with whitish. Fig. 1-19. —Great Carolina Wren, , after Audubon.) (From larger,Wing lensrth 278 SYSTEM A TIC SYNOPSIS. — PA SSEEES — OSCIXES. markings on the outer Avebs and tips. Length about ; extent ; wing ;tail ; bill ; tarsus Eastern I^i-, southerly, N. to the Middle States andMinnesota. Not very common in the Atlantic ^ates, but so abundant as to replace the housewren in some jiarts of the interior. Nest in holes in trees, stumps, fences, etc.; eggs white,finely d(jtted and spotted, resembling those of Catherpes or
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