. 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. 146.—Head, foot, aud tuil-featber of Cer- thia, nat. size. (Ad nat. del. E. 18. CEB'THIA. (Lat. certhius, a creeper. Fig. 146.) Characters as above. The
. 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. 146.—Head, foot, aud tuil-featber of Cer- thia, nat. size. (Ad nat. del. E. 18. CEB'THIA. (Lat. certhius, a creeper. Fig. 146.) Characters as above. The stock-fonn of this genus varies according to locality. European varieties sometimes recognized are C. casta and C. hritannica. The N. Am. bird, which is in- separable from the European, has been called C ..^^^^^^^jr^v''-'"^Sti^ lifij n(/(i,/zisca, and amencana, for Eastern specimens, '''i^^, C. montana for those from the Rocky Mt. region, and C. oceidentalis for those from the Pacific coast region. The Mexican form, C. mexicana, differs more appreciably, as below given. 63. C. familia'ris. (Lat. familiaris, from familia, family; domestic, home-like. Fig. 145.) Brown Creeper. $ $ : Upper parts dark brown, chang- ing to rusty-brown on the rump, everywhere streaked with ashy-white. An obscure whitish superciliary stripe. Under parts dull whitish, sometimes tinged with rusty on the flanks and crissum. Wing-coverts and quills tipped with white, the inner secondaries also with white shaft-lines, which, with the tips, contrast with the blackish of their outer webs. Wings also twice crossed with white or tawny-white, the ante- rior bar broad and occupying both webs of the feathers, the other only on the outer webs near their ends. Tail grayish-brown, darker along the shaft and at the ends of the feathers, some- times showing obsolete transverse bars. Bill blackish above, mostly flesh-colored or yellowish below; feet bro\ATi; iris dark brown. Length of (J ; extent
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