. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds -- North America; Ornithology -- North America; Oiseaux -- Amérique du Nord; Ornithologie -- Amérique du Nord. 72 NORTH AMERICAN lURDS. The European warMers of tlie i^oims Phi/fhpnnisfr are all insect-eatincj l)ircls, cai)turin«4 their ]>rey while on tlie win«;, and also feeding on their larvie. Tliey fret^uent the woodlands dnring their breeding-season, but at all other times are much more familiar, keeping al>out dwellings and sheep- folds. The P. trochilm is a resident tliroughout the entire vear in Southern Europe an
. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds -- North America; Ornithology -- North America; Oiseaux -- Amérique du Nord; Ornithologie -- Amérique du Nord. 72 NORTH AMERICAN lURDS. The European warMers of tlie i^oims Phi/fhpnnisfr are all insect-eatincj l)ircls, cai)turin«4 their ]>rey while on tlie win«;, and also feeding on their larvie. Tliey fret^uent the woodlands dnring their breeding-season, but at all other times are much more familiar, keeping al>out dwellings and sheep- folds. The P. trochilm is a resident tliroughout the entire vear in Southern Europe and in Central Asia. That species builds at the foot of a bush on the ground, and constructs a domed nest with the entmnce on one side. Their eggs are five in number, have a i)inkish-white ground, and are spotted witli well-define<l blotches of reddish-brown, measuring by inch, and are of a rounded oval shape. REGULINiE. Char. Wings longer than the cniarjiinated tail. Tarsi booted, or without .scutellar divisions. This subfamily embraces but a single well-defined North American genus. CiKsus RXjOXTLUS, Cuv. licgulns, Cvv. "Leoons d'Anat. Conip. 1799, ; (Type Motacilla rcgulus, LiNN.) Rcfjuloide^y Blvth. lSi7. (TyjK' ''It. proregidus. ; Okay.) , Cab. Mns. Heiii. I, 1850, 33. (Type Motacilla calendula^ LiXN.) — Cor- thi/lio. Cab. Jour. Orn. I, 1853, 83. (Same type.) Gen. Cuar. Bill slender, mueh shorter than the hea<l. depressed at base, but beconiini? compressed; moderately notched at tip. Cnlmen straijrht to near the tip, then gently carved. Commissure straijrht; .ffonys convex. Rictus well provided with bristles; nostril cov- ered by a sinjrle bristly feather dire<-ted forwarls (n«)t distinct in cahnduhi). Tarsi elonjjated. ex- ceediuL' considerably the mi<Ulle toe, and without scutelhe. Lateral trtes about equal; hind toe with the claw, lonjrer than the middle one by about half the claw. Cl
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