. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. 24 ALTllICIAL IlKUODIONES. ,ff,rrtt„, v«r. r„/./..;-., I». N. Am. 1858, 667 ; Cat. N. D. 1850, no. 486a. Ar<, " ; 'in. \ .r/. DoiiU. ISW, no. 7U3. Anlia nihil, m\n\wi: gulaltn, KririiKNow, J. f. 1877, 'il'L IlAii Tlic whole of uiul , from Novn Seotin, CiiniMla Wwt, Minnc »-57.(K); wing. ; tnil, 6.«M>-7.:iO ; culm (M.!H) ; . of ImH, . ; Uww, ')(M!.H(» ;
. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. 24 ALTllICIAL IlKUODIONES. ,ff,rrtt„, v«r. r„/./..;-., I». N. Am. 1858, 667 ; Cat. N. D. 1850, no. 486a. Ar<, " ; 'in. \ .r/. DoiiU. ISW, no. 7U3. Anlia nihil, m\n\wi: gulaltn, KririiKNow, J. f. 1877, 'il'L IlAii Tlic whole of uiul , from Novn Seotin, CiiniMla Wwt, Minnc »-57.(K); wing. ; tnil, 6.«M>-7.:iO ; culm (M.!H) ; . of ImH, . ; Uww, ')(M!.H(» ; ; tor, .(M.:iO ; mk.'.l imrlion of , WM^.M ; weiKht, ulnMit i] H.^. Color .' ,.iir.' uhlt.' at all H'. anil at all a;,'cH. Kill lort's iliroiii.' yellow (the latter HoimlimcH tiiiKC'l with li«ht K'reen), the .•iilmeii ucually near the tip, MometimeK nearly the eiiliro maxilla black; iris miples- ycllow ; le>,'s ami feet onlinly <leep hiaek. HoviiiK (.pccimcns Infore w* fnuii all parts of its raiine, wo are unable to tlotcct in this upcciei any variations of a geo^fraphical nature. The chief ilillerence between imlividuals consists in the. 'r 1 i i amount of black on the maxilla, this bcin*; sometimes almost nil, while attain the maxilla may be entirely black. Thui this variation has no relation to season is shown by the fact that in a consid- eral)le series shot from one "rookery" in Florids, and all liearin^,' thu nuptial train, the extremes ore presented by different individuals, others beiujj varioufly intermediate. The Amerioui Ejjret may l»e easily enou>,'h distiiiyuished from tliat of Europe (//. alba) by its smaller size, jet-bluck instead of pale llesli-colored lo},'s, bri{,'hter yellow bill, etc. ; but I have thus far been unsuccessful in my search for characters which will serve always to distinjjuish the Australian Eyret from //. tijretta. Australian specimens a},'ree with the latter in bl
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