. The birds of America : from drawings made in the United States and their territories . very broad, the dorsal outline very slightlyconvex, the ridge narrowed toward the end, the sides convex, the edges alittle inflected and overlapping, the edges slightly ascending at the base, thenotches obsolete, the tip very acute; lower mandible with the angle shortand rounded, the dorsal line straight, the sides convex, the tip very basal, roundish, concealed by the feathers. Head roundish-ovate;neck short; body rather full. Legs rather short; tarsus short, compressed,slender, with seven
. The birds of America : from drawings made in the United States and their territories . very broad, the dorsal outline very slightlyconvex, the ridge narrowed toward the end, the sides convex, the edges alittle inflected and overlapping, the edges slightly ascending at the base, thenotches obsolete, the tip very acute; lower mandible with the angle shortand rounded, the dorsal line straight, the sides convex, the tip very basal, roundish, concealed by the feathers. Head roundish-ovate;neck short; body rather full. Legs rather short; tarsus short, compressed,slender, with seven scutella; toes moderate, the first large, the lateral nearlyequal. Claws long, compressed, moderately curved, very acute. Plumagevery soft and blended. Wings rather long, pointed, the first, second, andthird quills about equal and longest. Tail rather short, deeply of upper mandible deeply concave; tongue grooved above, pointed;oesophagus dilated about the middle; stomach small, broadly elliptical, mode-rately muscular; intestine short; cceca very small. N?3 7 PL 181. O7 < /<^f <<? s/ /_i£.-/. _ F •rrtaie-
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