. 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. Illustrated by 6 steel plates and upwards of 250 woodcuts. Birds. SCOLOPACID^, SNIPE, ETC. â GEN. 220, 221. 261 tarsus about 2. Above blackish, with a slight greenish reflection, varie- gated with tawny and whitish; below, pale tawny of varying shade, bleaching on throat and belly; jugnlum with streaks, breast and sides with arrowheads and bars, of blackish; axillars and lining of wings pure white, black-barr
. 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. Illustrated by 6 steel plates and upwards of 250 woodcuts. Birds. SCOLOPACID^, SNIPE, ETC. â GEN. 220, 221. 261 tarsus about 2. Above blackish, with a slight greenish reflection, varie- gated with tawny and whitish; below, pale tawny of varying shade, bleaching on throat and belly; jugnlum with streaks, breast and sides with arrowheads and bars, of blackish; axillars and lining of wings pure white, black-barred; quills blackish, with white bars on the inner webs; tail varied with tawny, black and white, chiefly in bars; bill and legs pale, former black-tipped. N. Am., abundant, migratory; a highly esteemed game bird found usually in flocks, in fields, not necessarily near water; feeds chiefly on insects. Wils., vii, 63, pi. 59, f. 2; Aud., v, 248, pi. 327; NuTT., ii, 168 ; Cass, in Bd., 737 barteamius. 220. Genus TEYNGITES Cabanis. lA » / Buff-breasied SandjnjKr. Bill extremely small and slender, appearing the more so because of the extension of the feathers on its base â on the upper mandible, quite to the nostrils, nevertheless not reaching nearly so far as on the sides of the lower, and the interramal space completely filled; gape reaching beyond base of culnien; basal webbing of toes rudimentary, hardly noticeable; tail rounded, with projecting central feathers; 7-8; wing 5-5J; tail 2^ ; tarsus 1^ ; middle toe and claw, and bill, under an inch. Quills largely white on the inner web, and with beautiful black marbling or mottling, best seen from below ; tail unbarred, gray, the central feathers darker, all with subterminal black edging and white tips; crown and upper parts blackish, the feathers with whitish and tawny edging, especiallj^ on the wiugs; sides of the head, neck all round, and under parts, pale rufous, or fawn color, speckled on the neck and breast with dusky; b
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