. 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 . stripes and tendency to ^Avater Avith crosswise Avavy bars. Bill blackish aboA-e, pale ornot beloAv, feet brown. Coloration in spring and summer clearer and paler, in fall and inyo
. 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 . stripes and tendency to ^Avater Avith crosswise Avavy bars. Bill blackish aboA-e, pale ornot beloAv, feet brown. Coloration in spring and summer clearer and paler, in fall and inyoung birds more brightly and extensively buff. Rather smaller than A. maritimns; bill stillslenderer, and tail-feathers still naiTOAver and more acute. Length ; extent 7-50;wing ; tail ; bill ; tarsus, or middle toe and claw, Salt marshes ofthe Atlantic and Gulf States, N. abundantly to Maine ; range similar to that of J., maritimns,but on the whole more northerly, especially in the breeding season ; nest and eggs similar andscarcely distinguishable. A. c. nelsoni. (To E. W. Nelson, of Illinois.) Similar to the last, but smaller, Avithbill slenderer and longer; colors brighter and markings more sharply defined. Fresh marshesof Illinois and other portions of the Mississippi Valley at large; N. probably to Canada. Fig. 231. — Sea-side Finch,Nichols so.) reduced. (Sheppard FRINGILLID^: FINCHES, BUNTINGS, SPARROWS, ETC. 369 3IELOSPIZA. (Gr. /aeXos, melos, song, melody, and a-rri^a, s^jua, name of some Finch in Aris-totle). Song Sparrows. Bill moderate, conic, without special turgidity or compression, out-lines of culmen, commissure, gonys and sides nearly or about straight. Wings short and muchrounded, folding little beyond base of tail; 1st primary quite short; point of wing formed by 3d,•tth, and 3th, supported closely by 2d and 6th; inner secondaries not elongated. Tail long,about equalling or rather exceeding the wings, much rounded, wi
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