. Key to North American birds. 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 and lower California, with which are incorporated General ornithology: an outline of the structure and classification of birds; and Field ornithology, a manual of collecting, preparing, and preserving birds. Birds; Birds; 1887. ANATID^- : SEA BUCKS. 716 ; \TiDg ; tarsus ; middle toe and claw ; bill along gape. N. Am. at large, casual in Eu
. Key to North American birds. 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 and lower California, with which are incorporated General ornithology: an outline of the structure and classification of birds; and Field ornithology, a manual of collecting, preparing, and preserving birds. Birds; Birds; 1887. ANATID^- : SEA BUCKS. 716 ; \TiDg ; tarsus ; middle toe and claw ; bill along gape. N. Am. at large, casual in Europe ; cliietiy coastwise, also on larger interior waters; U. S. m winter, abundant, breeding in high latitudes. (N. B. In upper fig. 497 the first reiintrance indicates extent of feathering uudin- the bill, the next the mandibular rami.) T40. OS. p. trowbrid'gii? (To"W. P. Trowbridge. Fig. 49S.) With the bill longer, exceed- ing the head, and of slightly dif- ferent shape; feathers falling short of nostrils; gape about ; white frontal patch small, its posterior border anterior to a line bet^'ecu eyes, instead of reaching or pass- ing beyond this. Coast of Cala. Scarcely tenable. 298. ERISMATU'RA. (Gr. ipei^, ereisma, a stay, proi5, pier, and .,,.,,. , Fig. 498.—Trowbridge's Surf Duck, reduced. (From Elliot.) ovpa, oura, tali, as the stmened member might seem to be.) Rudder Ducks. Remarkably distinguished from other FnUgulina excepting Nomonyx by the stiffened, linear-lanceolate tail-feathers, 16-20 in number, exposed to the base by reason of extreme shortness of the coverts, their shafts enlarged, channelled underneath; appearance of tail strikingly like that of a cormorant. Bill about as long as head, scarcely higher than bi'oad at base, widened and depressed at end, which is almost turned up. Nail as viewed from above very small, narrow, and linear, greatly expanding on a decurved part bent under the end of the bill (unique). Head small, and neck thick; y(ju c
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