. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. 408 NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. El Paso, Mr. Clark saw tlu'se birds congregated in , Icones Avium, 1838. (Tyi*, Cupriimtlgus carolinemis, Gm.) Ukn. CiiAU. Bill very .<inall, with tubular nostrils, ami the i;apo with long, stiff, sonio- times pectinated bristles projecting beyond the end of the bill. Tarsi niodi'i'iitc, partly feathered above. Tail broad, round- yr^'^ ed; wings broad and rounded; first ^-» q\iill siiorter than third ; phnnage soft and lax. Habit noeturnal. In what the genus Ant
. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. 408 NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. El Paso, Mr. Clark saw tlu'se birds congregated in , Icones Avium, 1838. (Tyi*, Cupriimtlgus carolinemis, Gm.) Ukn. CiiAU. Bill very .<inall, with tubular nostrils, ami the i;apo with long, stiff, sonio- times pectinated bristles projecting beyond the end of the bill. Tarsi niodi'i'iitc, partly feathered above. Tail broad, round- yr^'^ ed; wings broad and rounded; first ^-» q\iill siiorter than third ; phnnage soft and lax. Habit noeturnal. In what the genus Antrostoinus rctally diH'ers frcin C<(pnmulyHs proper, we are quite unable to say, as in the many variations of form of both New and Old World sjiecies of these two di visions respectively, it is said to be not difficult to find species iu each, almost identical in form. In the want of suitable material for com- parison, we shall follow Sclater in using AiUrostomas for the New World Antrnslomus nuttal'i. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Baird, Spencer F. , 1823-1887; Brewer, T. M. (Thomas Mayo), 1814-1880; Ridgway, Robert, 1850-1929. Boston : Little, Brown
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