. 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, inclusive of Greenland. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. â I'CIJGILLWK: Sj:.i DICKS. r(i:l K. of tlic MisitiHHiiipi uiul uUnin Atlantic ; lnccils in liiijli iiiiiiinits, uiuicrs in I'. S. One <if the cKniiniiiii'.Ht tnurkct-diu'lis in tiolcrn c-itics in wintrr, si buck, and nioro liki'iy ti Ih- 'nisliX AUISIONKITA. TH. '''â vitlllMiiorlii. (Name of a


. 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, inclusive of Greenland. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. â I'CIJGILLWK: Sj:.i DICKS. r(i:l K. of tlic MisitiHHiiipi uiul uUnin Atlantic ; lnccils in liiijli iiiiiiinits, uiuicrs in I'. S. One <if the cKniiniiiii'.Ht tnurkct-diu'lis in tiolcrn c-itics in wintrr, si buck, and nioro liki'iy ti Ih- 'nisliX AUISIONKITA. TH. '''â vitlllMiiorlii. (Name of a i;i'Mns of agnatic pianls, the wild 4''i'y, \'. .yjiinilin, ilnlicalrcl to Antonio N'ailisncri, an Italian naturalist. Tiiis. |;>. |.>!l, Hhi.) Canvan-IIACK. Adult (J: 'I'lic head closc-rca'lnrcd. Itil' liiuli at till' liasr and narrow tlii'out;liout or scarci ly widciird toward rlid, slo|iiiiu t;radual1y il|i to llir top o|'ilii. hiad in line with the HWi-i-p of tilt! fori'lirad, altoi;'r souiiwliat like a U'oose's ill shape : decidedly loiu:er than head, -Jt iiiclirs to nearly or ipiite li in leimtli, measured aloiii; the ciilmen ; the nostrils reaching the middle of the hill, their fore end hull-way from upper I'lirner to eiiil of hill. Kill not Idiie, Mack-heltcd, hut Idacliish ihroiiuliinit Kyes red. Keel i;rayi>li Mile. Head and ii|ipei neck not coppery hrownish-ii-il, Imi reddish-hrown, further much cdiscuii'il with dusky oi- i|uiti. Idackish ahoiit the hill and on top, (iroiiiid color of hack white, very finely verinicnlated with ziuza^ hlackish hars much narrower than the interveniiii; spaces, and tendinis' to break iiii, or mostly broken up, into little chains of dots across the feathers; the resiiliiiii; silvery-irray tone consec|iienily .several shades lighter than in the red-head. Oilier characters Hiibstantially as in that species. 9 dill'ers as 9 red-head does; ,.. head dark snulfy-brown. etc. but tlie bill is cidmed as in the ^, ami s


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