. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds -- North America; Ornithology -- North America; Oiseaux -- Amérique du Nord; Ornithologie -- Amérique du Nord. 448 NOjiVII AMERICAN BIRDS. (t. I*ohifs of rnnnflih/ps m'erhippinq. Curvirostra. Tarsus slmrtcr than ini<l<llo toe. Hill muoh coinprossed, c'lonj^ati' falcate, with the points crossiiifr lil«' the hladt's of scissors. Clawa very large ; lateral exten«lin<j beyond the ba^e of the middle. Colors red or gray. Streaked in jnv. h. Points of maiullhles not overlapping. 2jgiothu8. Tarsus e(inal to the middle toe. Bi
. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds -- North America; Ornithology -- North America; Oiseaux -- Amérique du Nord; Ornithologie -- Amérique du Nord. 448 NOjiVII AMERICAN BIRDS. (t. I*ohifs of rnnnflih/ps m'erhippinq. Curvirostra. Tarsus slmrtcr than ini<l<llo toe. Hill muoh coinprossed, c'lonj^ati' falcate, with the points crossiiifr lil«' the hladt's of scissors. Clawa very large ; lateral exten«lin<j beyond the ba^e of the middle. Colors red or gray. Streaked in jnv. h. Points of maiullhles not overlapping. 2jgiothu8. Tarsus e(inal to the middle toe. Bill very acutely conical; ont- lines and connnissnre jH-rfectly straijrht. Lateral toes reachini; beyond the base of the middle one. No ridge on the side of the lower mandible. Strcake<l; a crimson pileum (except in one species). Leucosticte. Ciilmen slightly decurved; connnissure a little concave. Bill ol)tusely conical; not sharp-pointed. A conspicuous ri<lge on the side of the lower manilible. Claws large: the lateral not reaching beyond the base of the mi<Mle one. Colors hmI and brown. D. Hind claw much the largest: d<'cidedlv less curved than the middle anterior one. Tarsus longer than the middle toe. Lateral toes equal; reaching about to the I)ase of the middle claw, Jlind toe as lonj; or longer than the middle one. Bill very variable ; always more or less curved and blunted. Palate somewhat tubercuinte: margins of lower jaw much inflexed. Tail slightly emarginate or even. Wings one half longer than the tail. First quill as long as the second. Plectrophanes. Colors black and white. With or without rufous nape or elbows. Much white on tail. Genus BONAP. Hesprriphona, BoxAP. Comptes Rendus, XXXI, Sept. 1850, 424. (Type, Fringilla vesper- tina.) Gex. Char. Bill largest and stoutest of all the I'nited iStates fringilline birds. Tipper mandible much vaulted ; culmen nearly straight, but arc led towards the tip; commissure concave. Lower jaw very large, but not b
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