. 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. 612 SYSTEMATIC SYNOPSIS. â LIMIC0L2E. Young: Mautle ashy-brown, eacli f(;ather edged with whitisli; wings black, but some of the quills whitf-tipped, tlie edge o
. 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. 612 SYSTEMATIC SYNOPSIS. â LIMIC0L2E. Young: Mautle ashy-brown, eacli f(;ather edged with whitisli; wings black, but some of the quills whitf-tipped, tlie edge of tlie wing \Â¥hite, the coverts edged with pale ochre. Tail nfit so pearly gray as in the adults, with some irreg- ular dusky markings. Legs jirobably different (skins afford no ci'ite- rion). Chick, in down : Bill apparently blackish; legs pale. Under parts white ; above, prettily mottled with black, brown, and tawny or orange. U. S. generally, like the avocet rare eastward, abundant in the west, rather more southerly than the avocet. Nest at the water's-edge or on heaped vegetation just above the surface in shallow water; eggs 4, pyriform, to X to ; greenish-drab or pale brownish-olive to dark Fig. Stilt, '"â '"â¢^ce""'^' ^"l-^ly '"^rked all over with spots and splashes (.f i nat. size. (From Sclater.) 41. Family PHALAROPODID.^ : Phalaropes. This is likewise a small family; the three species comjirising it resemble sandpipers, but are immediately distinguished by the lobate feet; the toes are furnished with plaiu or scalloped membranes, like those of coots and grebes, but not so broad. The body is depressed, and the under plumage thick and duck-like to resist water, on which the birds swim with perfect ease and grace. The wings and tail are like those of ordinary sandpipers ; the tarsi are much com- pressed ; there is basal webbing of the toes besides the marginal membrane; the bill,
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