. 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 . .60; tarsus ; middle toe and claw Adult 9= A little smaller, not purplLsh below,the rich color replaced by grayish-brown, like back but paler; head and neck with little g
. 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 . .60; tarsus ; middle toe and claw Adult 9= A little smaller, not purplLsh below,the rich color replaced by grayish-brown, like back but paler; head and neck with little glau-cous blue shade, and less iridescent. Young: Like 9; l»ut at an early age the velvety-blackspots and iridescence are wanting, and the general tone is quite gray; many feathers withwhitish edging, as in the Wild Pigeon, with which not only the colors but the sexual andjuvenile differences are thus closely correspondent. Temperate N. Am., N. to southern Britishprovinces, most widely diffused of its tribe, abundant in most localities, in st)me swarming — millions in Arizona, for example. S. to the West Indies and Panama. Irregularly migra-tory, imperfectly gregarious; great numbers may be together, but scarcely in compact Hocks;breeds throughout its North American range. Terrestrial rather than arboreal, almost alwaysfeeding on the ground; where very numerous, they become familiar, like Blackbirds in the. columbidjE — zenaidinxE: ground doves. 715 West. Nest in trees (usually low tlown), cactus or bushes, or on ihe ground or a cliff. Eggs2, or only 1, white, equal-ended, averaging X ; 2 or even 3 broods in the the mating season, where these birds are numerous, their cooing resounds on everyhand. (Z. carolinensis of former editions of the Key, as of most authors, after Columba caro-linensi!^ Lixx. 17G(), based on Catesbv, pi. 24, 1754; C. mun/inata Lkw. 17(J(i, based onEdwards, pi. lo, 1750; C. macroura Lixx. 1758, in so far as based on Edwards.)ZENAI
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