. Review of American birds in the Museum of the Smithsonian Instution. [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. in RKVIRW OF AMERICAN lilllDS. [taut I. n' heing nisty yellowiBh-red, without distinguiBhing the throut m darker. These characterH certainly do not apply to tho rmu/uay skins in Capt. Page's collection, whatever they may to Bruziliaii specimenB. These are moulting the large feathers of wing and tail. The characters given by Burmeister to the North American bird, viz., "under parts white, the anal and crissal feathers aloue rusty yellowish-red," do not belong to it, as shown above. In t
. Review of American birds in the Museum of the Smithsonian Instution. [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. in RKVIRW OF AMERICAN lilllDS. [taut I. n' heing nisty yellowiBh-red, without distinguiBhing the throut m darker. These characterH certainly do not apply to tho rmu/uay skins in Capt. Page's collection, whatever they may to Bruziliaii specimenB. These are moulting the large feathers of wing and tail. The characters given by Burmeister to the North American bird, viz., "under parts white, the anal and crissal feathers aloue rusty yellowish-red," do not belong to it, as shown above. In this connection I may state that in the collection is a specimea of // riistica, of Europe, taken at sea during a voyage from Norfolk to Rio Janeiro, probably carried westward by the prevailing winds in the eecpiatorial region. Should, as is very probable, the South American bird prove identi- cal with the more northern one, the name ru/a must be adopted m having the priority. â¢, . .â , , , ^, ⢠Specimens in the collection from the whole United States from Atlantic to Pacific, and north'to the boundary ; alsoâ Smlth- CoUec- Sex When Collected. BuuiaD No. tor's No. and AKe. Localltjr. Received from Collected hj 19,342 Ft. Kae, Slave Lake. L Clarke, Jr. 22,6fl6 34,349 14 1861 14 .. 9 Lou PInoB, N. M. June 19.'64 Pr. K Couei. 3,936 124 San DleKo, N. Ijeon. 18.')3. Lt. ('ourh. 8,640 , , , , Indian Key. Fla. Auk. 28i 'AT. 0. Wurdemann. S3. .386 , , , , Otr eoaRt Calx April 1, 'M. Ur. H. Bereodt. 32,740 17,4»3 , , Mexico. VerrcHUX. 30,708 i47 â¢â¢ Daeiiao. Ouat. Oiiateinala 1862. O. Salvln. Cab. Lawrence. SaWin & Uudm. 30,657 â¢â¢ ? At Ma, W. C. Central America Oct. a», '68. Capt. J. M. Uow. i. It fr. ' â â¢J,!,: V r, Tachycineta, Cab. Tichycineta, Cab. Mas. Hein. 1850-1, 48. (Type //. thalaggina, Sw.) Nostr'U lateral, overhung or bordered internally by innumbent membrane. Tarsi with the tibial joint covered by overhanging feathers, adherent a nhort distan
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