. 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. :: WOOUI'KCKEliS. '.t (Sliep- wob, on imicr web wliiti'with lilack liiirs ami s|ints; iiitcniit'clinti' tiiil-fciitlicrs liluck ; oiitiT- iiioHf rcniiliirly Imrrcd with liliiflv iiml wliitc ; next In iiiilfniinst tims liiirml nt cihI mily. Kill MiU'kifili; feet ii1iiiii1m<pus ; ir'iM |iriilmlily rt-d. Size of tlic ntl
. 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. :: WOOUI'KCKEliS. '.t (Sliep- wob, on imicr web wliiti'with lilack liiirs ami s|ints; iiitcniit'clinti' tiiil-fciitlicrs liluck ; oiitiT- iiioHf rcniiliirly Imrrcd with liliiflv iiml wliitc ; next In iiiilfniinst tims liiirml nt cihI mily. Kill MiU'kifili; feet ii1iiiii1m<pus ; ir'iM |iriilmlily rt-d. Size of tlic ntlicrr*, <ir I'Mtlicr Ifss. 9 willmMl rrliir;ii|i>, ;iiiil Hoiitliwai'il, wIhtc it nests iisimlly in tlir triiiiit cMctiiM's. 156. MKLANKK'I'KS. ((ir. fif\ai. iiiiliis. Murk; I'pjrrjr, livrjirs, n crfi'\Hr.) ' ^\â ()lll>- I', Kill aliiiut as Idii^ as litail, ili'|ii'rssi'il at liasr, ('(iMi])i'('ss<'(l licyniiil, ciilnicli and umiys riiltrcd Idit curved tln-(ini,')i(Piit, sides of iipiier iiiainlllile distinctly ridu'i'd Inn a little way, end <r and aiit«'ri(ir toes nF e(|nal lengths. Win^s pointed l>y lid, Ith, and .Itli ipiills ; :.'d shorter than Cith ; Ist spurioiis, IMuniap' lustrous and " liroail" in coloration, wiiii Mack, white, and red in masses, little or not spotty or streaky. Sexes alike and younn dillerent, or sexes unlike and vounn similar. The two species are very diH'erent, reipiiriuf; no analysis ofthe'r characti'rs. 4,13. M. (>rytlirui-i>'pliuliiM. (Hi. ipvOpos, I'l'iilhriin, rvi\; KfpnXr], liijiliiilf, hci\i\, Fii;, liK).) Ukd- '.i) W(Kii/i'i:(Ki:u. '!. <J 9'"lno orltPf tail-feathers, white. Whole head, neck and fore lireast ccker, reiluced. Ked Kiver of the North ; W. to Kocky Mts., sometimes to '^"''â ''°'' "''â ' Utah and California; migratory in most sections. A very familiar bird, in orchards and gar- dens as well as in the M'oods, conspicuous with its gay tricolo
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