. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds -- North America; Ornithology -- North American; Oiseaux -- Amérique du Nord; Ornithologie -- Amérique du Nord. 428 NORTH AMERICAN BLRDS. (Jems Baird. Ncphacctes, Baird, Birds X. Am. ISiiS, 142. (Type, llirundo nujra, Gmel.) Gen. Char. Tail rather less than half the wings; quite fleeply forked (less so in the female); the leathers obtusely aeuminate; the shafts scarcely stilfened. First quill longest. Tarsi and toes completely bare, and covered with naked skin, without distinct indications of scutella?. Tarsus rather lunger th
. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds -- North America; Ornithology -- North American; Oiseaux -- Amérique du Nord; Ornithologie -- Amérique du Nord. 428 NORTH AMERICAN BLRDS. (Jems Baird. Ncphacctes, Baird, Birds X. Am. ISiiS, 142. (Type, llirundo nujra, Gmel.) Gen. Char. Tail rather less than half the wings; quite fleeply forked (less so in the female); the leathers obtusely aeuminate; the shafts scarcely stilfened. First quill longest. Tarsi and toes completely bare, and covered with naked skin, without distinct indications of scutella?. Tarsus rather lunger than middle toe; the three anterior toes about equal, with moderately stout claws. Claw of middle toe nnich ^shorter than its. 11871 Nephrrrftes niqer. digit. Hind toe not versatile, but truly posterior and opposite, with its. claw rather longer than the middle toe without it. Toes all slender; claws moderate. Nostrils widely ovate, the feathers margining its entire lower edge. The comparative characters of this genus wiU be foiiiul in the diagnostic tables at the liead of the family. According to Sclater, Ctjpseloides of Streubel (Isis, 1848, 366) with as type, r^iy h*ive to be taken for this genus, as it was named by Streu- bel as an alternative to Hemiprornc, which belongs to Chaiura. Until this question of svnonvmv can be decided positively, we retain Xephfrcctes. The single Xortli American species, X. nirfcr, has a singular distribution, being abundant near Puget Sound in summer, and again found in Jamaica and Cuba, without having been met with in any intermediate locality, except in the Province of Huatasco, Mex. The West India specimens are rather smaller, but otherwise not Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Baird, Spencer F. , 1823-1887; Brewer, T. M. (Thom
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