. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. hair-brown, irregularly speckled with wliite ; abdomen \\ ; sides and brown, bar with >vhite : crissum, plain creamy bull', Youny: Similar to the above, but superciliary str finely speckled with white, the malar region, chili, and throat whitish, si)eckled with brown, breast and belly washed with pale butt'. AVing, about (1; culmen, .; tarsus, (; middle toe, Bill"r dish yellow, brighter at the base," iris reddish brown, feet yellowish gr
. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. hair-brown, irregularly speckled with wliite ; abdomen \\ ; sides and brown, bar with >vhite : crissum, plain creamy bull', Youny: Similar to the above, but superciliary str finely speckled with white, the malar region, chili, and throat whitish, si)eckled with brown, breast and belly washed with pale butt'. AVing, about (1; culmen, .; tarsus, (; middle toe, Bill"r dish yellow, brighter at the base," iris reddish brown, feet yellowish green (Macuillivray). Tills species is about the size of the Common" Sora"of North America ( caroliuti), resembles it very closely in coloration, the upper parts being almost precisely similar. It may immediately distinguished, however, by the white speckling of the neck and breast, and the stiva crown, characteristic of all stages, and in the adult plumage having no black on tlie lores throat. the lIliL â kcd 111. The "Spotted Crake" of England, or "Porzane Maronette" of the French, is. according to M. Gerbe, a bird common in the greater part of Europe, Asia, ami Afri(!a, and more especially in the warmer portions of that region. It is a bird of the old continent, and has no other claim to a place in our fauna than its occasional presence in Greenland. Gerbe says that it is not rare in any ])art of France, not even the more northerly, -where it usually arrives in ^March. and from which it departs in. 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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