. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. .â )()2 NORTH AMIilflCAN HIItDS. liu'i^LT lliaii in tlio rinii/niittii>i. There is, indeed, no similarity between the two eggs. Tliey nieasnre .SH by . of an inch. r>r,r,i S Gkni's CHCNDESTES, Swaixson. Cl(,)ii(h:i/cs, SwAlNsoN, riiil. Mii'i- '. I''*-'', 435. â In. Kiiuiui II, 1831. (Tyi)c. f' .ilriijiidis, Sw,, (Mnial to Fn'iiijiHii ijnuiuiidca. Say.) CIkx. CuAii. Bill .swollen ; l)Otli outlines frciitly curved ; liie lower iiiiiinlihlu as liiph as liie upper;


. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. .â )()2 NORTH AMIilflCAN HIItDS. liu'i^LT lliaii in tlio rinii/niittii>i. There is, indeed, no similarity between the two eggs. Tliey nieasnre .SH by . of an inch. r>r,r,i S Gkni's CHCNDESTES, Swaixson. Cl(,)ii(h:i/cs, SwAlNsoN, riiil. Mii'i- '. I''*-'', 435. â In. Kiiuiui II, 1831. (Tyi)c. f' .ilriijiidis, Sw,, (Mnial to Fn'iiijiHii ijnuiuiidca. Say.) CIkx. CuAii. Bill .swollen ; l)Otli outlines frciitly curved ; liie lower iiiiiinlihlu as liiph as liie upper; the eoiiiiuissui'e aniru- lateil at the , and then sliirhtly siuuateil. Lower luaudilile latliei' narrower at the than the leniftli of the j,'onys ; broader than the upper. Tarsi nioderate, about ecpuit to \\w middle toe ; lateral toes e(|ual and very short, reachinj; but :ittlu lieyoud the middle of the peiiulti- uiate joint of the middle toe. and falling eonsiderably .short of the base of midille i^law. AVings, lonp;, pointed, reaching nearly to the mid- dle of I he tail ; the tertials not longer than the seeondaries; the first quill shorter than the seeuiid and third, which arc equal. The tail is moderately long, considerably giadnati-d. the li'atliers rather narrow, and elliptically rounded at the end. Stieaked on the back. Head with well-delired large stripes. Beneath white, with a pectoral spot. Only one species Chiiivhsl' N unninnnni. Ghondestes grammaca, Bonap. LABK SPABBOW. Frinijilh fjrfiminiioi, Sav, in 's Exped. K. Mts. I, 1823, 139. â Bon. Am. Orii. 1, 182'), 47, ]il. V, f. 3. âAin. Oni. Hiog. V, 1839, 17, pi. cirxe. Chnn' (jmmmaat, Box. List, 1838.â In. C', 1850, 479. â Baiiiu, Birds N. Am. 1858, (5.â L'ooi'Kii & , 200. --Mavxaud, Birds K. Mass. 1870, 112 (Massachusetts).â Cooi'Kit, Oni. t'al. 1, 193. Embcriza tjiinnimicii, AuD. Synopsis, 1839, 101. â lu. Birds Am. Ill, 1841, 03, pi. clviii. â


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