. Our northern and eastern birds [microform] : containing descriptions of the birds of the northern and eastern states and British provinces, together with a history of their habits, times of arrival and departure, their distribution, food, song, time of breeding, and a careful and accurate description of their nests and eggs ; with illustrations of many species of the birds and accurate figures of their eggs. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. 88 OUNITIIOLOGY AND OOLOrJY. a l)ltii>li nnrnroliir, Kmivi'd, wedged nt the end, strniijlit, nnd about an ineli and a ([uarter long; tniicli
. Our northern and eastern birds [microform] : containing descriptions of the birds of the northern and eastern states and British provinces, together with a history of their habits, times of arrival and departure, their distribution, food, song, time of breeding, and a careful and accurate description of their nests and eggs ; with illustrations of many species of the birds and accurate figures of their eggs. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. 88 OUNITIIOLOGY AND OOLOrJY. a l)ltii>li nnrnroliir, Kmivi'd, wedged nt the end, strniijlit, nnd about an ineli and a ([uarter long; tniiclies of black, proceeding from the lower nnindible, end in n bmad blacli !<tri|) that joins tlio black on tlie slionlJer; back bhick, divided by a broad, lateral strip of while, the feathers composing which are loose and unwebbcd, resem- bling hairs,— whence its name; rump and shonldersof the wing black; wings black, lipped nnd spotted with white, tliree rows of spots being visible on the secondaries and (ivo on tlie primaries; greater wing coverts also spotted with white; tail, as in the others, cuneiform, consisting of ten strong-shafted and pointed feathers, the four middle ones black, the next partially white, the two exterior ones white, tinged at the tip with a brownish burnt-color; tail coverts black; whole lower side pure-white; legs, feet, nnd claws light-blue, the latter remarkably large nnd strong; inside of tha month flesli-(olorcd; tongue pointed, beset witli barbs, and capable of being pro- truded more than an inch nnd a half; the os hyoidcs, in this species, passes on each side of tlie neck, ascends the skull, passes down towards the nostril, nnd is wound round the bone of the right eye, whicli projects considerably more than the left for its accommodation. The great mass of hairs that cover the nostril nppenrs to be designed as n protection to tlio front of the head, when the bird is engaged in digging holes into the wood. The membrane which encloses the brai
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Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1880, booksubjectbirds, bookyear1883
