. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. — THE CROWS. 271 pait-jtait, with a variety of cliatti'i'iiif,' notes, in tone resembling the human voice, which, indeed, tiiey can l)e taught to imitate. An egg of this species from Monterey, California, is of a rounded oval shape, a little less obtuse at one end than the other. The ground-color is a light drab, so chisely marked with lino cloudings of an obscure lavender color as nearly to conceal tlie ground, and to give the egg the a])pearance of an almost uniform violet-brown
. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. — THE CROWS. 271 pait-jtait, with a variety of cliatti'i'iiif,' notes, in tone resembling the human voice, which, indeed, tiiey can l)e taught to imitate. An egg of this species from Monterey, California, is of a rounded oval shape, a little less obtuse at one end than the other. The ground-color is a light drab, so chisely marked with lino cloudings of an obscure lavender color as nearly to conceal tlie ground, and to give the egg the a])pearance of an almost uniform violet-brown. It measures 1.^0 inches in length by .90 in breadth. Genus CYANURA, Swmn'.son. Cyammis, Swainson, F. II, 1831, 495, Appomlix. (Type, Oonnis crhlatus, Linn.) Cijanocilitt, Cabanis, Mus. llciii. 1851 (not of , 1845). Gen. Char. crostoil. Winp;.s .and tail l)lii(', with lilurk ; hond aiul back of tlu! 8UI110 color. Bill rather .'<k'ii(ler, somewhat broader than high at the base;. Cijanura eristatn. eulnion .nbont to the head. Nostrils largo, nearly circular, concealed by bristles. Tail about as long avS the , lengthened, graduated. Hind claw large, longer than its digit. Species and Varieties. CojfMov CnAnACTERS. Wings and tail deep blue, the latter, with the .second- nries and tertials, sometimes also the greater coverts, barred with A. Greater coverts, terlials, secondaries, and tipped broadly with white; lower parts generally, including lateral and under parts of head, whitish. C. cristata. IT(>ad above, back, scapulars, lesser wing-coverts, rump and upper tail-coverts, light ashy purplish-blue ; a narrow frontal band, a loral spot, streak behind the eye, and collar round the neck, eoni- niencing under the crest, passing down across the end of the auriculars and expanding into a ert'-scent across the jugulum, bliiek; throat tinged with purplish-gray, the breast and sides with smoky-gra
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