. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds -- North America; Ornithology -- North American; Oiseaux -- Amérique du Nord; Ornithologie -- Amérique du Nord. 212 NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. few on Vancouver Island in the yards wliere cattle were fed, and a small nunilicr IVeciucntcd tin* mule-cani}) nn the Sunias ])rairie. East of the Cascades lie met none except at Cnlville, wliere a small ilock had wintered in a settler's cowyartl. TIk'V aj>])eared to have a great liking for the pres- ence of those animals, arising from their finding more food and insects there than elsewh
. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds -- North America; Ornithology -- North American; Oiseaux -- Amérique du Nord; Ornithologie -- Amérique du Nord. 212 NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. few on Vancouver Island in the yards wliere cattle were fed, and a small nunilicr IVeciucntcd tin* mule-cani}) nn the Sunias ])rairie. East of the Cascades lie met none except at Cnlville, wliere a small ilock had wintered in a settler's cowyartl. TIk'V aj>])eared to have a great liking for the pres- ence of those animals, arising from their finding more food and insects there than elsewhere, walking between their legs, and even perching upon their hacks. Cajttain lilakiston found this sjiecies breeding on the forks of the Sas- katchewan, June *>, 1838, where he obtained its eggs. Genus QUISCALUS, Vieillot. QuiscalKs, Vieillot, Analyse, 1816 (Guay). (Type, Grucula quiscala, L.) Sp. Char. Bill as loner as the head, the culmen sliijhtly curved, the j^onys almost straight; the edges of the bill iullectcd and rounded; the commissure quite strongly. Qithm/iis I'ltrpnrens. sinuatod. Outlines of tarsal soutellse well defined on the sides; tail long, boat-shaped, or capable of folding so that the two sides can almost be brought together upward, the feathers conspicuously and decidedly graduated, their inner webs longer than the outer. Color black. The excessive graduation of the long tail, with the perfectly lilack color, at once distincruishes this genus from any other in the United States. Two types may l)e distinguished: one Qviscfdus, in which the females are much like the males, although a little smaller and perhaps with rather less lustre; the otiier, Mr/ptfjiriscnhLs, much larger, with the tail more graduated, the females considerably smaller, and of a brown or rusty color. The Qin'srali are all from North America or the West Indies (including Trinidad) ; none having been positively determined as South American. The Mcfiaquiscali are ^lexican and Gulf speci
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