. 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. Birds; Birds; 1887. Fig. 128.—American Dipper, iiat. bize. (Ad nut. del. E. V.) 30. C. mexica'nus. (Lat. mexicanus, Mexican. Fig. 128.) Americas Dipper, or Water OazEL. ^ 9 I adult,
. 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. Birds; Birds; 1887. Fig. 128.—American Dipper, iiat. bize. (Ad nut. del. E. V.) 30. C. mexica'nus. (Lat. mexicanus, Mexican. Fig. 128.) Americas Dipper, or Water OazEL. ^ 9 I adult, in summer: Slaty-plumbeous, paler below, inclining on the head to sooty-brown. Quills and tail-feathers fuscous. Eyelids usually white. Bill black; feet yellowish. Length ; extent ; wing ; tail about ; ; tarsus ; middle toe and claw rather less. Individuals vary much in size. c? 9, in winter, and most immature specimens, are still paler below, all the feathers of the under parts being skirted with whitish. The quills of the wing are also tipped with white. The bill is yellowish at the base. Young: Below, whitish, more or less so according to ago, frequently tinged with pale cinnamon-brown ; whole under parts s(jrnetimes overlaid with the whitish ends of the feathers, shaded with rufous posteriorly ; throat usually nearly white ; bill mostly yell iw ; white tipping of the wing-feathers at a maximum; in some cases the tail-feathers similarlv marked. Mountains of Western N. A., from Alaska to Mexico; a sprightly and engaging resi- dent of clear mountain streams, usually observed flitting among the rocks; has a fine song. Nest a pretty ball of green moss lined with grasses, with a hole at the side, hidden in the rift of a rock, or other nook close to the water: eggs about 5, X , pure white, Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability
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