. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds -- North America; Ornithology -- North American; Oiseaux -- Amérique du Nord; Ornithologie -- Amérique du Nord. M' losfiiza ituloitia. Genus MET*0SPI7A I^aird. Mclosjnzrf, , Birds N. Am. 1868, 478. (Type, Frinfjilla mclodiu, WiLs.) Oen. Cfiar. Dody stout. Bill conical, very obsoletely notched, or smooth ; somewhat compressed. Lower ma'idiMe not so deep as the upper. Coiinnissnre nearly straijijht. Gonys a little curved. Feet stout, not stretching be3'ond the tail; tarsus a little lonj^cr than the middle toe; outer toe a l
. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds -- North America; Ornithology -- North American; Oiseaux -- Amérique du Nord; Ornithologie -- Amérique du Nord. M' losfiiza ituloitia. Genus MET*0SPI7A I^aird. Mclosjnzrf, , Birds N. Am. 1868, 478. (Type, Frinfjilla mclodiu, WiLs.) Oen. Cfiar. Dody stout. Bill conical, very obsoletely notched, or smooth ; somewhat compressed. Lower ma'idiMe not so deep as the upper. Coiinnissnre nearly straijijht. Gonys a little curved. Feet stout, not stretching be3'ond the tail; tarsus a little lonj^cr than the middle toe; outer toe a little longer than the inner; its claw not quite reaching to the base of the middle one. Ilind toe appreciably longer than the middle one. Win^/s quite short and round- ed, scarcely reaching beyond the base of the tail: the tertials considerably longer than the secondaries; the quills considera- bly graduated; the fourth longest; the first not longer than the tertials, and almost the shortest of the primaries. Tail moderately long, rather longer from coccyx than the wings, and considerably graduated; the leathers oval at the tips, and not stifTened. Crown and back similar in color, and streaked; beneath thickly streaked, except in J/. ]Kih>s(ris. Tail immaculate. Usually nest on ground; nests strongly woven of grasses and fibrous stems ; Q^^'^^^ marked with rusty- brown and purple on a ground of a clay color. This genus differs from Zomtrirhia in the shorter, more graduated tail, rather longer hind toe, much more rounded wing, which is shorter; the tertiaries longer; the first quill almost the shortest, and n<jt longer than the tertials. The under parts are spotted; the crown streaked, and like the hack. There are few species of American birds that have caused more perplexity to the ornithologist than the group of which Melospiza melodia is the type. Spread. Melos/nza meMta. I». Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digi
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