. Frank Forester's field sports of the United States and British provinces of North America [microform]. Game and game-birds; Hunting; Gibier; Chasse. UPLAND SHOOTINO. 95 >> the " Adult Male. " Bill a little longer than the head, slender, straight, slightly- deflected at the end. Uppei mandible with the dorsal line straight, the edges convex, the sides grooved beyond the middle, afterward convex, the edges inflected, the tips a little deflected, and tapering to an obtuse point. Nostrils sub-basal, lateral, linear, pervious, nearer the edge than the dorsal line. Lower mandible w
. Frank Forester's field sports of the United States and British provinces of North America [microform]. Game and game-birds; Hunting; Gibier; Chasse. UPLAND SHOOTINO. 95 >> the " Adult Male. " Bill a little longer than the head, slender, straight, slightly- deflected at the end. Uppei mandible with the dorsal line straight, the edges convex, the sides grooved beyond the middle, afterward convex, the edges inflected, the tips a little deflected, and tapering to an obtuse point. Nostrils sub-basal, lateral, linear, pervious, nearer the edge than the dorsal line. Lower mandible with the angle very narrow and elongated, beyond it the outline slightly convex, the sides sloping outward and con- cave until the middle, afterward flattened, the edges sharp, the point very narrow. " Head rather small, convex above, compressed. Neck of moderate length, slender. Body rather slender. Feet long and slender, tibia bare about half its length, scutellate before and behind ; tarsus long, slender, having before and behind numerous scutella; the narrow lateral spaces with very small, oblong scales. Toes slender; the first very short, the second much shorter than the fourth, the third and fourth connected at the base by a web; the scutella numerous ; claws small, compressed, slightly arched, rather blunt. " Plumage soft; on the neck and lower parts blended ; on the upper rather distinct. Wings rather long, acute, narrow. Pri- maries tapering and rounded ; the first longest, the second a little shorter, the rest rapidly graduated; secondari es obliquely round- ed, the inner elongated and tapering. Tail of moderate length, much rounded, of twelve rather narrow feathers. " Bill yellowish-green, tip dusky, the edges toward the base yellow. Iris dark hazel. Legs and tarsi light yellowish-gray, toes rather darker, claws brownish-black. Upper part of the head dark brown, with a median pale yellowish brown line : the margins of the feathers also of that color whi
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