. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds -- North America; Ornithology -- North American; Oiseaux -- Amérique du Nord; Ornithologie -- Amérique du Nord. 254 Xoirni AMERKWX as the Hij^lit of the latter is swifter, they are frequently uiisuccessful in these attempts at r(>l»!jery. This Crow can catch living tish with considerable dexterity, hut cannot feed while on the wing. DuriuLf the winter and early sia'iuLr, ^li"- Auduhon states that these hirds feeil on Viuious kinds of herries, especially those of the Ilex ca^Hsiuu and of the common linlly, and
. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds -- North America; Ornithology -- North American; Oiseaux -- Amérique du Nord; Ornithologie -- Amérique du Nord. 254 Xoirni AMERKWX as the Hij^lit of the latter is swifter, they are frequently uiisuccessful in these attempts at r(>l»!jery. This Crow can catch living tish with considerable dexterity, hut cannot feed while on the wing. DuriuLf the winter and early sia'iuLr, ^li"- Auduhon states that these hirds feeil on Viuious kinds of herries, especially those of the Ilex ca^Hsiuu and of the common linlly, and tliosc of the exotic tallow-tree, now so common near Charleston {'<fi//iii(/i(f sH)ij\ni). In January and February these trees are mucli resorted to Iky the Crows, who greedily devour their white and oily seeds. Mr. Audubon found these birds l)reediug geneniUy on moderate-sized trees of the loblolly-]line, buihlini": their nests towards the extremities of the branches, about twenty feet from tlie ground. The nests are smaller than those readth, the other l.~)2 by Their ground-color is a light blue witli a slight greenish tinge, marked over the entire egg with small blotches of a light brown. An egg from (Jreat Egg Harbor, obtained by Wilson, from the old Peale Museum, and which may l)e a faded specimen, has no tinge of blue or green, but a ground of ])inkish-gray, marked with smaller blotches and cloudings of dai'k drab. It measures inches in length by one inch in breadth. Gexis PICICORVUS, Bonap. Picicorviis, BoxAPAivFE, Consp. Av. 1850. 3S4. (Type, Corvus cohanhMnm, Wils.) Gex. Char. LeaJen-Erray color, with black winjrs and tail. Bill loncror than the lioad, considerably lontjer than the tarsus, attenuated, sliirhtly decurved ; tip without notch. Cuhnen and eoin- niissure curved ; gonvs strai^dit or sliiihtly concave, as lonu: as the tarsi. Nostrils circuhir, conij)letely covered hy a lull tuft of incuniltent white bristly feathers. Tail much shorter th
Size: 1556px × 1606px
Photo credit: © The Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bo, bookcentury1800, bookdecade1870, booksubjectbirdsnorthamerica
