. Names and portraits of birds which interest gunners, with descriptions in languages understanded of the people;. Game and game-birds; Birds. No. 27.] BIRD NAMES. 93 men) as follows: from tip to extreme back line of lobes, three and one eighth inches; from tip to point of feathering where lobes meet, or where the leathery extension begins to divide, two and a quarter inches; width of each lobe five eighths of an inch. Female. Plumage chiefly a speckled and barred mixture of light brown or tan color, and black, the bar-like markings more decided along the sides, and the markings of lower parts
. Names and portraits of birds which interest gunners, with descriptions in languages understanded of the people;. Game and game-birds; Birds. No. 27.] BIRD NAMES. 93 men) as follows: from tip to extreme back line of lobes, three and one eighth inches; from tip to point of feathering where lobes meet, or where the leathery extension begins to divide, two and a quarter inches; width of each lobe five eighths of an inch. Female. Plumage chiefly a speckled and barred mixture of light brown or tan color, and black, the bar-like markings more decided along the sides, and the markings of lower parts indistinct or blurred. Bill similar in general style to that of male, but branching more narrowly upon the forehead; its measurements. No. 27. Female. (taken from a single specimen) as follows: from tip to extreme back line of lobes a little less than three inches; from tip to central point of feathering where the lobes meet two and a quarter inches; width of each lobe five sixteenths of an inch. Having failed to note colors of bills and legs in perfectly fresh specimens, I will quote Audubon. Male: Bill pale grayish yel- low, the unguis (nail at end) lighter, the soft tumid part pale flesh color; feet dingy light green, the webs dusky. Female: Bill pale grayish green; feet as in the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Trumbull, Gurdon, 1841-1903. New York, Harper
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