. Key to North American birds. Containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary, inclusive of Greenland and lower California, with which are incorporated General ornithology: an outline of the structure and classification of birds; and Field ornithology, a manual of collecting, preparing, and preserving birds . ic. Fig. Common Puffin. Sea Parrot. Adult in summer: Appendage of upper eye-lid upright, obtusely triangular;of lower eyelid linear, obtuse, hori-zontal. Bill moderately larg
. Key to North American birds. Containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary, inclusive of Greenland and lower California, with which are incorporated General ornithology: an outline of the structure and classification of birds; and Field ornithology, a manual of collecting, preparing, and preserving birds . ic. Fig. Common Puffin. Sea Parrot. Adult in summer: Appendage of upper eye-lid upright, obtusely triangular;of lower eyelid linear, obtuse, hori-zontal. Bill moderately large, withmoderate convexity of culmen, itsheight less than chord of culmen,little more than from posterior bor-der of nostril to tip; base of cul-men and point of gonys not pro-duced far backward, leaving butmoderately convex outline of feath-ers along side of bill; sides of billdistinctly divided into, an anterior,hard, horny, deeply grooved por-tion, differently colored from thesmooth basal portion; rictus long,that portion in advance of the basalrim of upper mandible much longerthan upper mandible is deep ; out-line of under mandible regularlycurved from base to tip; chord ofgonys much shorter than that ofculmen. Crown of head grayish-black, sharply defined against colorof sides of head, separated by aslight ashy cervical collar from thedark color of the upper parts. Sidesof head, with chin and throat, ashy. (Drawn Fig. , Horned Puffin; right, Tutted ]by H. W. Elliott. From Harper Brothers.)M hite, nearly white between eyes and bill, with a dark ashy patch on side of throat. Upperparts glossy blue-black, continuous with a broad collar around the neck in front, not extendmgto the bill. A narrow line of white along border of fore-arm. Under parts from the white, the long feathers of the sides and flanks blackish. Under surface of wmgs pearly-gray; inner webs of primaries and secondaries grayish-brown, the shafts brown, with blackends and whitish bases. Iris br
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