. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds -- North America; Ornithology -- North American; Oiseaux -- Amérique du Nord; Ornithologie -- Amérique du Nord. FI' — THE FIXCirKS. 57 nest of Uie two s]), 1h» juMs, wltc also so inucli alike in inainuT of ecui- striR-tion and situation, and the t'>;j,'.s so similar, tliat it rei|uireil a careful observation to identilv a nest when one was found. Tlie egj^'S from one nest of tlie J\issrtr//t/ schi^tairn measure .IM) by .70 of r,n inch, have a j^round of a li^dit mountain-«,'ree!i, and are profusely spotted
. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds -- North America; Ornithology -- North American; Oiseaux -- Amérique du Nord; Ornithologie -- Amérique du Nord. FI' — THE FIXCirKS. 57 nest of Uie two s]), 1h» juMs, wltc also so inucli alike in inainuT of ecui- striR-tion and situation, and the t'>;j,'.s so similar, tliat it rei|uireil a careful observation to identilv a nest when one was found. Tlie egj^'S from one nest of tlie J\issrtr//t/ schi^tairn measure .IM) by .70 of r,n inch, have a j^round of a li^dit mountain-«,'ree!i, and are profusely spotted with blotches of a rufous-brown, generally diffused over the entire e«;g. Another nest of this spt^cies, obtained in Parley's Park, iii the Wahsatch Mountains, by Mr. Iiidgway, June li.'l, 18(>l>, was built in a clump of willows, about two feet from the grounil. The nest is two inches in heij^lit, two and a lialf in diameter, cavity one and a half deep, with a diameter of two. It is composed externally of coarse decayed water-j^rass, is lined with fine hair and tiner material like the outside. The egj^'s, four in number, are .Hi) by .07 of an inch, of a very roiindetl oval shape, the ground-color of a pale green, blotched and marked chietly at the larger end with brown spots of a wine- colored hue. Passerella townsendi, var. mega)rhynclius, Baird. THICK-BILIEB SPABBOW. Passcrrlhi schistuceo^ lUiKP, Birds N. Am. 1858, p. 490 (in part ; Ft. Tojon sj)ecimcns). P< riwfirhtjnchns, 15Ainn, Birds 18r)8, p. 925 (Appi^ndix). — Cooper, Om. Cal. I, 222. I'asscrelln schisOura, var. mcijurhi/uchus, Kiuuwav, Kept. Gcol. Expl. 40th Tar. Sp. Ciiah. Similar to var. srhiMfncea in colors, .size, and general proportions; but bill -<<i~x. enormously thick, its depth bein^ very much greater than the distance from nostril to tip, instead of much less; color of lower mandihle rosy milk-white, instead of maize-yellow. Bill, ,3o from nostril. .47 deep; wing, ;
Size: 1822px × 1371px
Photo credit: © The Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bo, bookcentury1800, bookdecade1870, booksubjectbirdsnorthamerica
