. Key to North American birds [microform] : 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. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. of the neek, all tlu'se white or vidlowish-white. Klii. M.'l. - Wliihlii'reil Auk, yiiuiiK. mil nice. (Kroiii Crest and general |dillnage as in the last. Hill (ciry) orange-red, more salmon erdor or yellow enamel al eml; feel (ilry) nndelinaldy ilark. Length 8.(M) or more: wing .'; tail \.i')', tarsus ; middle
. Key to North American birds [microform] : 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. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. of the neek, all tlu'se white or vidlowish-white. Klii. M.'l. - Wliihlii'reil Auk, yiiuiiK. mil nice. (Kroiii Crest and general |dillnage as in the last. Hill (ciry) orange-red, more salmon erdor or yellow enamel al eml; feel (ilry) nndelinaldy ilark. Length 8.(M) or more: wing .'; tail \.i')', tarsus ; middle toe and elaw ; oiitrr do. : inner do ; ehord of eulmeli H. I^.'i; dejitli of hill at hase ; gape (I.'.Ill; rresl outstretehed ; lontiest while lilamelits on head Younu: Itill very small ami weak, niueh eompl'essed. No siiin of eresl nor of white feathers on head. Ahove Idai'ltish-einereoiis, ipiite hiaek on head, wings, and tail : unde:- parts liuditer and more grayish- pinmheotis, hlearhing on the lielly and erissum. Itill redilish-dusky: tarsi hehind ami soles hIaek ; eye Maek and white. (.V ctissiui. Cones.) N. I'aeifii-; apparently rare in most loealities ; there (From I ari' as yet lint few speeimens in any innseuins. 8. piisiriiiH. (I,(.«i7/i«.-(. puerile. Figs. .') l.'), .Hd, 547.) Lkant AtK. Kni>H-Nski. Ai K. Adult ill summer: Mill small and simph-, stoiil for its length, scarcely hiuher than wide at , rather at tip. A small kiioh or tnhercle at tli>' hase of the culmen. which is deciduous. No crest : hut front, top, and sides of head more or less thickly Pud with delicate white fi^athers: a similar series, ex dinu'ly tine, from tl ye along sides of hind head and nape. Kxceptini: these tilameiits, the entire upper parts ulossy hlack ; region ahoiit under inandilde, mid a few f«alhers aliMit; the sides of hody nnd thinks, hlackish ; under parts white, more or h'ss exteiisivelv iiiotihd
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