. Key to North American birds. 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 and Lower California, with which are incorporated General ornithology: an outline of the structure and classification of birds; and Field ornithology, a manual of collecting, preparing, and preserving birds. Birds; Birds. 420 SYSTEMATIC SYNOPSIS. — PASSEBES— OSCINES. low. Length about ; wing and tail about , the graduation of the latter about ; bill Rio Grande Valley
. Key to North American birds. 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 and Lower California, with which are incorporated General ornithology: an outline of the structure and classification of birds; and Field ornithology, a manual of collecting, preparing, and preserving birds. Birds; Birds. 420 SYSTEMATIC SYNOPSIS. — PASSEBES— OSCINES. low. Length about ; wing and tail about , the graduation of the latter about ; bill Rio Grande Valley and southward. 110. PI'CA. (Lat. 2«ca, a pie.) Magpebs. Tail extremely long, when fully developed forming more than \ the total length, graduated for about \ its own length ; the feathers with rounded ends, the middle pair at least tapering, and specially lengthened beyond the rest. Bill of ordi- nary corvine shape : nos- trils concealed by long na- sal tufts. Wings short and rounded, with very short, narrow, falcate first pri- mary. Feet stout; tarsus little longer than middle toe and claw. Head not crested. A naked space about eye. Plumage black, iridescent, with masses of white; bill black or yel- low. Sexes alike. Habits arboreal and somewhat ter- restrial, — very irregular, in fact, a magpie's general character being none of the best, though the ge- neric characters are ex- cellent. P. rus'tica hudson'ica. (Lat. rustica, rustic, rural; rus, rui-is, the country. Of Hudson's Bay. Fig. 273.) Magpie. Lustrous black, with green, purple, violet, and even golden iridescence, especially on the tail and wings. Be- low, from the breast to the crissum, a scapular patch, and a great part of the in- ner webs of the primary quiUs, white; some whit- ish touches on the throat; lower back showing gray, owing to mixture of white with black ; bUl and feet Fig. 273.—Magpie, redact. (From DixoD.) i ,, ,., black ; eves blackish. Length 15 or 20 inches, according to the development
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