. 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 . 466 SYSTEMATIC SYNOPSIS.—PICABIM—CYPSELIFORMES. with dusky; others green (or gray) for a distance decreasing on successive feathers, crossedwith black, tipped with white to recipro
. 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 . 466 SYSTEMATIC SYNOPSIS.—PICABIM—CYPSELIFORMES. with dusky; others green (or gray) for a distance decreasing on successive feathers, crossedwith black, tipped with white to reciprocally increasing extent, and touched with rufous atbase, as in several allied species; but the small size, slight rufous on tail, and the extensiverufous on under parts, are characteristic. Mts. of whole Pacific slope, TJ. S.; E. to Nevada;S. into CALOTHCRAX. (Gr. (taXos, fcotos, beautiful; 6apa^, thorax, (Aiest.) Lucifer different from any of the foregoing. BiU curved throughout, longer than head; but nasalscale covered as usual by feathers, and color of bill black. Tail deeply forked; lateral tail-feather shorter than next, and in our species filiform and acicular. Tarsi partly unlike. 418. C. lucifer. (Lat. Lucifer, the light-bearer; lux, light,/e)0, I bear. Fig. 315.) LuCIPER Humming-bird. $ : Above, bronzy-green; gorget lilac-purple ; wings and tail purplish-du
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