. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. !llll| —THK AND TKIINS XKMA. 273 nut with this .spiuiios iit St. MiclKU'l's, wIumo a i'vw iiidividiuils madf tlit'ir appcurauco alM)iit till! Hult-iiiaislics on tin* 7tli of May, aiul a IVw pairs l)iril tlierc. Tlicy were (ittt'ii IVcdiiig alH)iit tilt' 11111(1 of tilt' lakt's, l)iit Im ditl not st'o any of tlifiii uii tlit- sea- sliiHt'. Tlu'ir fiM)il oonsistt'd of worms antl iiist'itts. Tlu'y wt-n* vt'ry litdil, dashiii}^ like tlif Kittiwakt's at tlit> ht'ad of any intnuliT upo
. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. !llll| —THK AND TKIINS XKMA. 273 nut with this .spiuiios iit St. MiclKU'l's, wIumo a i'vw iiidividiuils madf tlit'ir appcurauco alM)iit till! Hult-iiiaislics on tin* 7tli of May, aiul a IVw pairs l)iril tlierc. Tlicy were (ittt'ii IVcdiiig alH)iit tilt' 11111(1 of tilt' lakt's, l)iit Im ditl not st'o any of tlifiii uii tlit- sea- sliiHt'. Tlu'ir fiM)il oonsistt'd of worms antl iiist'itts. Tlu'y wt-n* vt'ry litdil, dashiii}^ like tlif Kittiwakt's at tlit> ht'ad of any intnuliT upon tlit'ir domain; at other timcH (licy wi'io ratluT shy anil wary. K, 'iUO. Ldiit.'i , Nkikhx, Voy. " Vtimii)," Atlas, pi. x. (184(1). — I'ukvoht & Dks Murs, Voy. " Vt:'iiiis," V. Ois. , 277. Liriis (Xeinti) furnUus, Hiifcii, .1. f. 0. IS.'iS, 103. XiiiMfurmluin,i\, exterior iiiiu'}{iti of the Hcapuliirs, iiiidur wiiij,'-coverts, tail, and cnliri' lower purls, white ; first to fourth (|iiills, with tlie wliole of tlit! outer ami tlie teriniiial poi'tioii of the inner webs, black, the tliird uud fourth gray ut the base ; tilth and uixth gray. (V i'!i n X. furcata, summrr adult. Mack terminally ; fourth, fifth, ami sixth with a white apical bar. Hill ami feet ie«i. Tntal length, 2:).«M) inclies; win;;, KUKt; luiildle rectrices, ; exterior rectrices, ; tarsus, !!"•; niiiltlle toe, with claw, 2.(; ' Tnuisliition of .Saiviu's Latin diii^'nosis in Trans. Zool. .Soc. I.\. 1876, p. 506. II. — .3'). Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Baird, Spencer F. , 1823-1887; Brewer, T. M. (Thomas Mayo), 1814-1880. Boston : Little, Brown
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