. A manual of North American birds [microform]. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. 99*? NORTH AMERICAN different from the adult (?). Length ; extent about ; wing 16 50- , tail , culmen ., tarsus , middle toe Nest a hollow in stump, log, or tree-trunk, or secluded spot among undergrowth of woods. Eggs 1-2, X , ovate or broadly elliptical-ovate, similar in coloration to those of Cathartes awra, but usually more sparsely marked. Hub. Whole of tropical and warm-temperate America, south to Argentine Eepublic and Chili, north reg
. A manual of North American birds [microform]. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. 99*? NORTH AMERICAN different from the adult (?). Length ; extent about ; wing 16 50- , tail , culmen ., tarsus , middle toe Nest a hollow in stump, log, or tree-trunk, or secluded spot among undergrowth of woods. Eggs 1-2, X , ovate or broadly elliptical-ovate, similar in coloration to those of Cathartes awra, but usually more sparsely marked. Hub. Whole of tropical and warm-temperate America, south to Argentine Eepublic and Chili, north regularly to North Carolina and lower Mississippi Valley, irregularly or casually to Maine, New York, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Dakota, etc. (Apparently wanting in western Mexico and California) 326. C. atrata (Bartr.). Black Vnlture. Family FALCONID.^.—Vultures, Falcons, Hawks, Eagles, etc. (Page 218.) Genera. a}. Outer toe not reversible; claws graduated in size from the largest (that of hind- toe) to the smallest (that of outer toe), broader and (except in Elanus) grooved on under side. 6^ Nosti'il not circular, nor linear and oblique, with the upper end the posterior one, nor with central bony tubercle. (Subfamily Accipitrince.) cK Tail deeply forked Elanoides. (Page 224.) c\ Tail not deeply forked. (P. Wing not more than c*. Tarsi naked in front. /'. Front of tarsi covered with minute roundish scales; claws not grooved beneath Elanus. (Page 224.) /'. Front of tarsus covered with large transverse scutellte; claws grooved beneath. g^. Cutting-edge of upper mandible notched. Ictinia. (Page 225.) g^. Cutting-edge of upper mandible not notched. h}. Tip of upper mandible produced into a conspicu- ous lengthened hook. Rostrhamus. (Page 225.) h*. Tip of upper mandible not pi-oduced into a con- spicuous lengthened hook. I*. Face encircled by a "ruff" of short, stiffened, compact feathers, as in the Owls. Circus. (Page 226.) P. Face not encircled by a ruff. /. Tail de
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