. A history of British birds . ieGarrnlus glandarins. JayNucifraga caryocatactes. Nutcracker HlRUNDINID^. Hirundo SwallowGTielidon iirhica. MartinCotile riparia. Sand-MartinProgne purpurea. Purple Martin PAGE 166172177187207211218 223 228243 252259274275289305312323330 340349355361 PICARI^. Ctpseltdjc. Gypselus apns. Swift „ melha. Alpine Swift . 364372 CONTENTS. Caprimulgid^. Capriviulcjus eiiropceus. Nightjar .... 377 PAQK CuCULIDJi. Cuculus canorus. Cuckow ..... 387 Coccystes glandarms. Great Spotted Cuckow . 408 Goccyztis miiericanus. American Yellow-billed Cuckow 414 Upupid^. JJ
. A history of British birds . ieGarrnlus glandarins. JayNucifraga caryocatactes. Nutcracker HlRUNDINID^. Hirundo SwallowGTielidon iirhica. MartinCotile riparia. Sand-MartinProgne purpurea. Purple Martin PAGE 166172177187207211218 223 228243 252259274275289305312323330 340349355361 PICARI^. Ctpseltdjc. Gypselus apns. Swift „ melha. Alpine Swift . 364372 CONTENTS. Caprimulgid^. Capriviulcjus eiiropceus. Nightjar .... 377 PAQK CuCULIDJi. Cuculus canorus. Cuckow ..... 387 Coccystes glandarms. Great Spotted Cuckow . 408 Goccyztis miiericanus. American Yellow-billed Cuckow 414 Upupid^. JJpupa epops. Hoopoe ...... 419 CORAOIWM. Coracias garruUiti. Roller ..... 428 Mekopidji:. Merops apiaster. Bee-eater ..... 435 Alcedinid^. Alcedo ispidu. Kingfisher ..... 443 Ceryle alcyon. Belted Kingfisher .... 462 Gecimis viridis. Green Woodpecker . .467 Bendrocopas major. Greater Spotted Woodpecker . 470 ,, iidnor. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker . 477 lyux torqiiilla. Wryneck ..... 487 BRITISH BIRDS. PASSE RES. EMBERlZIDJi. Plectrophanes nivalis (Linnaeus*).THE SNOW-BUNTING. Plectrojjhanes nivalis. Plectrophanes, B. Meyer \.—Bill hard, conical and short; the upper man-dible narrower than the lower, the edges of both inflected and those of thelatter sinuated ; the palate furnished with a projecting bony knob. Nostrilsoval, basal and placed somewhat near the ciilmen, nearly hidden by smallfeathers. Gape angular. Wings long and pointed : first primary finely attenu-ated and so small as to seem wanting ; second and third nearly equal and thelongest in the wing, but the fourth is considerably longer than the fifth. Tail * Emberiza nivalis, Linnanis, Syst. Nat. Ed. 12, i. p. 308 (1766).t Zusatze und Beriehtigungen zu Meyers und Wolfs Taschenbujh der deutschenViigelkunde, p. .56 (1822). VOL. II. B 2 EMBERIZID,E. moderate aiil slightly forketl. Tarsus scutellate in front, covered at the sideswith an undivided plate, forming a sharp ridge behind, about as long as themiddle toe. Claws
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