. Key to North American birds [microform] : 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. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. 140 GKNKliAL OnyiTllOLOUY. i «ca|iiilar arcli, comsiiiiiiiliTiir to tln« ratitc .iikI cfiriiiiiti' stornnni. (1) In Knlilrr tho swcs .,|' il,(. nn-aciiiil anil si-ii|pnla arc iiraiiy coiiiciiliiit ((«r tlic most part in a itiinioiw I'mht line) Mini aiK'liylosnl t<ii.'«'tlirr: tlir rlavicli;* ari' I'siially waiiliiiu, tiniii


. Key to North American birds [microform] : 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. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. 140 GKNKliAL OnyiTllOLOUY. i «ca|iiilar arcli, comsiiiiiiiliTiir to tln« ratitc .iikI cfiriiiiiti' stornnni. (1) In Knlilrr tho swcs .,|' il,(. nn-aciiiil anil si-ii|pnla arc iiraiiy coiiiciiliiit ((«r tlic most part in a itiinioiw I'mht line) Mini aiK'liylosnl t<ii.'«'tlirr: tlir rlavicli;* ari' I'siially waiiliiiu, tiniiiiii far apart. (â¢,') In all ('iiriiiiil(r, tlic axes of tlic cnracniil ami scapula form an acute or scarcely obtuse aiiiilc (tif. .')(â¢, sf/lc) : normally these l»ones are not ; jHTfeet eiavideH are present, andiyloscil witli each other, but free from the otlHT Imum's ; ami the coracoiils mic instcppeil dose touether. Deciileil exceptions to these conilitioiis, as in y<iloriiis, an anoiiialoiis ; tlioiit'li iiicomplelion of the clavicles re]ieate(lly occnrs, as noteil Fid. (IP â Kiiclit iitx'l rill itrrli iif » Mnl, I'lilitr- rrtin jth'ljt ilhiM. iiat. hl/.i", i>ii!i,iili> vinw; Itr. It. v. Sliiifilill, / , H. miipiiln: â¢iiriii'iilil; (;/, kIi'IkiI'I, tliiMMvily ; ic tlK- uru xiiiiiiliP till up :i Utile; mt' ttg. M. Tlip Si'H'Hilii (Lat. Heiijtiih, tlie i«liii the rihsâiisu- iir it; hilt ii Uulilir otherwise. ally not fur from parallel with the spinal column, ami It seliloiii ^ains much wliltli, ami is ipiite thin ami llat in mst of its lenijUi: hut it has a (liickcneil heail or iiamlle, expaiiiliiitj oiiiwanls into a iilnioiii jinxTss which unites with ili:il if th Me coracoiil t'l I'oiiiph'te till L'leiioiil cavity, aiiil ililateil inwani to form an iwriimiiil {Hr. iiKftainiov, idrowi'in, point ><( the shouliler)/»; Thr nihcr i'IhI is u>ually sliarp-jiointed, Init


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