. Bird studies; an account of the land birds of eastern North America . 0. I5 In the Woods. 173 is much like the back, the three outer feathers being conspicuously white ontheir terminal half. There is a white band dividing the throat and throat is dark brown with traces of lighter brown mottling. The rest ofthe lower parts are of a light yellowish brown obscurely barred with darkbrown. The mouth is very large, and along its upper edge, from below the eye tothe nostrils, stretches a row of long stiff hair-like bristles. The middle toehas a conspicuous comb on its claw. The fema
. Bird studies; an account of the land birds of eastern North America . 0. I5 In the Woods. 173 is much like the back, the three outer feathers being conspicuously white ontheir terminal half. There is a white band dividing the throat and throat is dark brown with traces of lighter brown mottling. The rest ofthe lower parts are of a light yellowish brown obscurely barred with darkbrown. The mouth is very large, and along its upper edge, from below the eye tothe nostrils, stretches a row of long stiff hair-like bristles. The middle toehas a conspicuous comb on its claw. The female is similar to the male, but the white areas on the tail andacross the lower throat are replaced by bufTy markings not so extensive as arethe white areas in the male. Two eggs are laid on the ground, generallywhere there are dry dead leaves. They are dull white with lilac suffusions andsome distinct dots of varying shades of brown. They are about one inch andan eisfhth long- and more than four fifths of an inch in their other diameter. The birds are found in Easter
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