. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. 444 THE DIVING BlllDS â PYUOrODES. Wisconsin ar« in the niusonni of tlio Siiiitlisoniaii Institution. Thoy aro essentially like all the I'l^gs of tiiis genus in sliains and (solors, and vary K'''«ii<^ly '» s'^e. Two t'ggs in my own culltu'tion, i'loui Wisconsin, nioasuiv, one l/Jli inch(!s in length by in breadth, the other by j while one from Duenas, Guatemula, lueusures by â 11 Family â Tiik Loons. ClIAU. Swiinininj,' birds, with the feet situated fa
. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. 444 THE DIVING BlllDS â PYUOrODES. Wisconsin ar« in the niusonni of tlio Siiiitlisoniaii Institution. Thoy aro essentially like all the I'l^gs of tiiis genus in sliains and (solors, and vary K'''«ii<^ly '» s'^e. Two t'ggs in my own culltu'tion, i'loui Wisconsin, nioasuiv, one l/Jli inch(!s in length by in breadth, the other by j while one from Duenas, Guatemula, lueusures by â 11 Family â Tiik Loons. ClIAU. Swiinininj,' birds, with the feet situated far back, a well develojicd hallux, the anterior toes eonii»letely webbed and normally clawed ; the bill strai},'ht, acute, compressed, the nostrils linear, (tverhunj,' by a mcinbraueous h)be; tail normal, Imt short. Nature pnecociul; eggs two or three, dark-colored, and more or less spotted. Tlie Family Includes a single genus, Uriiuitor, usually, but wrongly, called Colymlus. Genus URINATOR, Cuviku. Colijmbus, Linn. S. N. <â .!. 10, \. U-IS, 135 ; n\. 12, L 170(!, 220 (|Kirt). Ali-rijuK, Uitiss. Oiii. VL 17<iO, 104 (iiotof LiSN. 1758). I'ria, Scoi'. liitriMl. 1777, 473 (not dI' 15k. (s. 17<!0). UriiMlur, Cvv. Aimt. (.'oinii. I. 17il'J, tiilil. ii. (typi's, Culifmbi arclicua, glacialLi, et septcnlrimiatis, Linn.). Eudijtes, (i. Piodr. 1811, 282 (saiiii' types). Char. Tlie «aiiie as tlmsi; nl' tlic Family. Wi! caiiiiiit allow our uvcision for violoiit or otliurwi-se distasteful chan<;es to overrule flic obvious iiucessities of tliu inesuut case. There can lie no (question that the name Volymbus, so long â¢^^ ..;W. U. immer, adiUt. useil by many authors for this genus, belongs properly to the (Irebes. This fact lias long ago Ih'cii clearly demonattated by Suudcval and other com^Mitent authorities, and wore recently by Dr. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for read
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