. Key to North American birds [microform] : 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. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. V\i;. I'.il. I'enuilr lllai-k S' u illi oiillhn' nT Ijill viu\wcl IViJiii grnyisli-wliitd on tlio l)(>lly, tlicro cliisky-spoekled, on tlif sides aiul fliinks cliisky-wavod ; throat and .siilos of lioad mostly contiinioiis whitish ; l)ill all hlack'; I'oct livid olivacoons, Mith ijiack avcIis. $ nearly 2 feet loner; wing ahont 10 inches
. Key to North American birds [microform] : 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. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. V\i;. I'.il. I'enuilr lllai-k S' u illi oiillhn' nT Ijill viu\wcl IViJiii grnyisli-wliitd on tlio l)(>lly, tlicro cliisky-spoekled, on tlif sides aiul fliinks cliisky-wavod ; throat and .siilos of lioad mostly contiinioiis whitish ; l)ill all hlack'; I'oct livid olivacoons, Mith ijiack avcIis. $ nearly 2 feet loner; wing ahont 10 inches: 9 ].S-i;» inches; wintr 8-!); cape 2; enlnicn 1;|, Did'ers from tiie European in the shape and colonition of the protuberance on the hill. WiLS., 'viii, 135, pi. 72, f. -'; NuTT., ii, 422 and 12;); Ari)., vi, ;i4;i, pi. 40;;; 15i)., SU7. AMKUICAXA. Velvet Seoter. 11 li ite- le/'nijeil ,S'll rf- (liiclc. Bill hroadly encroached upon by the frontal feathers, on the culmen nearly or (|nite to the nostrils, and on its sides to a less extent, shorter than head, i)laek, l)roadly oranire-tipped {$)\ nail hroad and truncate; giI)ltosity superior, eircnmscrihed. (Melinielfu.) $ black, with a large white wing- patch, and another under the eye; feet orange-red, with dusky webs. 8izo of the last, or rather larger; 9 smaller, sooty-brown, jialo grayish below, with much whitish about head, but showing white speculum; l)ill all black. Said to diller from the European by greater encroachment of feathers on bill, but the ascril)ed feature is not iingible. Wils,, viii, 137, pi. 72, f. 3; NuTT, ii, 41'.l; Aud., vi, WM, pi. 4Ul; ^^. velcelhui lin., 80"). Also, Fali- giila b'uiinoilata IIkuueut, Field Sports, ii, 2d cd. 3(!(); O. hintacuJati lii)., 808 (unmatnre) fusoa (var?) Surf Duck. Scd Coot. V>\\\ narrowly encroached upon b}' the frontal feathers, on the; cidmcn nearly or i\\\\W to the nostrils, but not at all upon its sides, about asi long as head, with the nail narrowed anteriorly
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