. Key to North American birds. 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 and Lower California, with which are incorporated General ornithology: an outline of the structure and classification of birds; and Field ornithology, a manual of collecting, preparing, and preserving birds . ; tarsus . or less ; middle toe with-out claw 9 : length ; extent ; wing ; tail ; tarsus or more ; middle toe
. Key to North American birds. 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 and Lower California, with which are incorporated General ornithology: an outline of the structure and classification of birds; and Field ornithology, a manual of collecting, preparing, and preserving birds . ; tarsus . or less ; middle toe with-out claw 9 : length ; extent ; wing ; tail ; tarsus or more ; middle toe without claw North Am. at large, one of themost abundant and widely-diftused of its family, especially in meadowy and marshy phices, andeasily recognized by its generic characters, in all its variation of size and color. Tlie nest isplaced up(m the ground, and Iatlici- neatly built of liay, a foot in diameter, 3 inches high; eggs3-n ? commonly 4-5, broad and nearly equal-ended, to , dull white,with more or less greenisli or bluish sliade : no decided markings, but fiequently small spotsand large blotches of very pale brownish on the surface, and some neutral-tint specific difference from C. cynneus of Europe ; averaging a little hirger; (dd $ retaining afew rufous spots in white of under ])arts, and more evident barring of \vings and tail. 43. Subfamily MiLVIN/E: _/^^. Fig. 300. — A ty])ic;u Kile Kites. No ruff or ear-conch. Loralbristles moderate, scanty or quite^ wanting, the head lieing thenij^ closely and softly feathered to1^_ the bill. Superciliary shield evi--Zj; dent or not. Bill usually weak,sometimes extremely slender,the cutting edge of the ujipermandible straight to the curve,_^ or lobed or festooned, but not-^ tootlifd, \wv the under mandible^ truncate and notched. Nostrils^Z not circular, nf)r witli central-gb bony tubercle. Wings very,^ long, more or less narrowedtj and pointed, with several (in=^ our genera 2 to 5
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