. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds -- North America; Ornithology -- North America; Oiseaux -- Amérique du Nord; Ornithologie -- Amérique du Nord. Catherpes mexicanus. portions, where a single species, 6'. 7ni:,cicamis, occurs in two well-marked varieties: — C. mezicanns. Culmen almost straight, the tip deenrs^ed, jronys straight. Above blackish- brown ; wings and back sparsely sprinkled with minute white specks; no such markings on head or neck. Bars on tail very broad, .12 in width on outer feathers. ^Ving, ; tail, ; culmen, .OG; tarsus, .75 ; middle
. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds -- North America; Ornithology -- North America; Oiseaux -- Amérique du Nord; Ornithologie -- Amérique du Nord. Catherpes mexicanus. portions, where a single species, 6'. 7ni:,cicamis, occurs in two well-marked varieties: — C. mezicanns. Culmen almost straight, the tip deenrs^ed, jronys straight. Above blackish- brown ; wings and back sparsely sprinkled with minute white specks; no such markings on head or neck. Bars on tail very broad, .12 in width on outer feathers. ^Ving, ; tail, ; culmen, .OG; tarsus, .75 ; middle toe, .08; posterior, .47 ; outer, ,52 : inner, .49 (52,791. Mazatlan, Mexico). Hah. Mex- ico var. mexicanus. Culmen and gonys both gently curved, the latter somewhat concave. Above cinnamon-ashy, more reddish on rump and wings; head and neck above with numerous dots of white; very few of these on back and wings. Tail-bars very narrow and thread-like. ^Ving, ; tail, : culmen, .83; tarsus, .50; middle toe, . _'; posterior, .35 ; outer, .44 ; inner, .30 (53,425 ^, Fort Churchill, Nevada;. Hah. Middle (and Pacific ?J Province of United States, xar. conspersus. In var. mexicaniifi the white of throat is more abniptly defined against the rufous of abdomen than in var. ron- sper>ersm they are much wxniker, and dee]) black. All specimens from south of the United States (including Giraud's type of Cert Ilia alhifrona) belong to the re- stricted mexicanus, while all from the United States are of the var. Catherpes 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; Ridgway, Robert, 1850-1929. Boston : Little, Brown
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