. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. — THE FINCHES. 61 Tliis genus is well clmnictorizeil l)y the large swollen bill, with its curved cuhiien ; tlie large strong feet iuul cliiws; the long wings, a little longer tliiin the tail, and with the ter- tiids as long as the i)riniaries ; _ \WJL\t^'/fJii6&'^/Jja K the first lour (quills ai)out equal, and ahruptly lougest; the; tail short and graduated. The only group of North American Spizcllimv, with the tertials et^ual to the primaries in the closed wing, is I'as^Hc
. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. — THE FINCHES. 61 Tliis genus is well clmnictorizeil l)y the large swollen bill, with its curved cuhiien ; tlie large strong feet iuul cliiws; the long wings, a little longer tliiin the tail, and with the ter- tiids as long as the i)riniaries ; _ \WJL\t^'/fJii6&'^/Jja K the first lour (quills ai)out equal, and ahruptly lougest; the; tail short and graduated. The only group of North American Spizcllimv, with the tertials et^ual to the primaries in the closed wing, is I'as^Hcrcalas. Tiiis, however, has a difl'erently formed bill, weaker feet, the aiia,,w,,,,za b,cdor. inner primaries longer and more regularly graduated, the tail-leathers more acute and shorter, and the i)luniage streaked brownish and white instead of Calamospir . bicolor, Ronap. LABK BUNTINO; V^XE-WINGED BLAGKBISD. Fnngilla bicolor, , ,1. A. N. Sc. Ph. VH, 1837, 189. —In. Narrative, 1839, 346. — Aui). Orn. Biog. V, 1839, 19, (il. cecxc. Calamospiza hkolor, IJonat. List, 1838. — 111. Coiispeetus, 18,-)(), 47.';. — I!.\li!i>, Birds N. Am. 1858, 49L>. — Hekkm. X, c, Cdi-u'ln/iiia liirohi; Ari). Synopsis, 1839, 130. — In. liirds Am. Ill, 18-11, 195, jil. cci. — JL\x. C'al). J. VI, 1858, 347. — CoorKit, Orii. C'al. I, 225. Dulkkonijx bicohi; NuTiALL, ilumial, I, ('-Med.,) 184(1, 203. Sp. Char. Mule entirely black; a broad band on the wiiijj: (i overiiifj the whole of the proiiter covurUs), with liie outer edges of the quills and tuil-featiier.'i, white. Lcnjrth, about ; winjr, ^..'iO; tail, ;?.20 ; taiwis, ; iiiil aliove, .(10. /•'(•Hia/c pale brown, .streaked with darker aliovo; beneath white, s]iotteil and .streaked rather . with biaek on the breast and vsiil(>s. Throal nciiily innnaculate. A maxillary stripe of blaek, bordered above by white. Hejrion aronnd the eye, ii faint siripe aliove it, and an eres
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