. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds -- North America; Ornithology -- North American; Oiseaux -- Amérique du Nord; Ornithologie -- Amérique du Nord. 314 NORTH AMKKICAN BIRDS. nuaiii about tin* first of A]>nl. Tlie resinindiiiji: strokes of their wings aiifl tlieir ott-repeated cries are heard just liefore the (hiwn of dav. Thev usually liave hut tliree eijLis. A single individual of Mi/rtdv!^, and suj)]iosed to he one of this species, was seen hv ^Ir. ('. Orexler, May ?"., I8(il, but was not obtained, in the vicinity of Washington. .Vnother bird of this s
. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds -- North America; Ornithology -- North American; Oiseaux -- Amérique du Nord; Ornithologie -- Amérique du Nord. 314 NORTH AMKKICAN BIRDS. nuaiii about tin* first of A]>nl. Tlie resinindiiiji: strokes of their wings aiifl tlieir ott-repeated cries are heard just liefore the (hiwn of dav. Thev usually liave hut tliree eijLis. A single individual of Mi/rtdv!^, and suj)]iosed to he one of this species, was seen hv ^Ir. ('. Orexler, May ?"., I8(il, but was not obtained, in the vicinity of Washington. .Vnother bird of this s])eeies is mentioned by ^Ir. Altbott as having l»een taken near Trenton, X. J., A])ril IT), 1H72. It was a male bird in full health and feather. Its stomach was found to be full of small coleoptera, insects' eggs, Hies, etc. The eggs of this sj>ecies vary greatly in size, from .92 by .75 to .80 by .GO of an inch. They are in sha])e a rounded oval, and tapering at one end. The ground-color is white, marked with a few very large dark red spots, and occasionally of an obscure purple. Genus TYRANNTTS, TrviER. Tifmnnus, CrviEr., Lemons Aiiat. Coinp. 1799, 1800 ^). Gkx. Ch.\h. Tail nearly even, or moderately forked; rather shorter than the wing-s; the teatluTs broad, and widen- ing: somewhat at the ends. Wings long and pointed ; the outer primaries rather abruptly attc'nuate<l near the end, the attenuated portion not linear, however. IIearimaries, their moderately ftuked or nearly even tail, and the concealed colored crest in ,.. thccrown. Their atlini- ties are nearest to Milndus, from which the tail, shorter than the wings, instead of twice as long, or more, will always serve as a point of dist'uction. The attenuation of the ])rimary diti'ers in being less abrupt, and nc' truly linear, slo])inir uraduallv. and not bounded behind l)y a notch. We are unalde to ap])reciate any other ditterences of importance. The character and extent of the atteniuiti
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