. The birds of eastern North America : known to occur east of the ninetieth meridian. Birds -- North America. FAMILY ALCIDvE. - - AUKS, PUFFINS, AND MURRES. 29 Back, with white spots ; throat, white or whitish (immature or winter). Gaoia lumme. Red=throated Loon. Set- No. 7. Back, Without distinct white spots; the feathers, edged with ashy; throat, white or dusky (immature or winter). Gavin urctims. Black=throated Loon. See No. 6. * Group 3. Wing, over 15 inches long. Feet, webbed; head, black, in adult; head, gray; throat, whitish, in immature. Urinator imbcr. Loon. See No. 5. FAMILY ALCID^E.
. The birds of eastern North America : known to occur east of the ninetieth meridian. Birds -- North America. FAMILY ALCIDvE. - - AUKS, PUFFINS, AND MURRES. 29 Back, with white spots ; throat, white or whitish (immature or winter). Gaoia lumme. Red=throated Loon. Set- No. 7. Back, Without distinct white spots; the feathers, edged with ashy; throat, white or dusky (immature or winter). Gavin urctims. Black=throated Loon. See No. 6. * Group 3. Wing, over 15 inches long. Feet, webbed; head, black, in adult; head, gray; throat, whitish, in immature. Urinator imbcr. Loon. See No. 5. FAMILY ALCID^E. Auks, Puffins, and Murres. Toes, three; no hind toe (hallux) ; toes, palmate (full webbed) ; nostrils, separate, and not tubular. * Group 1. Wing, less than 5 inches long. Winter plumage: Upper parts, black; uuderparts, white, fn summer: The breast, throat, and sides of the head and neck, sooty brown. ^ Alle allc. Dovekie. Little Auk. See No. 17. * Group 2. Wing, to inches long. Bill, parrot like; uuderparts, white; back, black; usually a black collar. Fratercula arctica. Puffin. Sea Parrot. See No. 9. Adult in summer: General plumage, black, a white patch on the shoulder; basal half of the greater wing coverts (feathers forming the white patch on the wing), black. Winter birds have the uuderparts white, aud the upper parts, black and white. Cepphus yryllc. Black Guillemot. Sea Pigeon. See No. 11. Similar to Black Guillemot, but has the wing coverts (feathers forming the white wing patch) entirely white and not with basal half black. Immature and winter birds (except wing coverts), resembling the Black Guillemot. Cepphus main/tit. Mandt's Guillemot. See No. 12. * For directions for measurement, see page '.).. 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 Cory, Charles B. (Charles Barney), 1857-1
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