. Key to North American birds [microform] : 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. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. I AMI'KLIN^E, WAX\VI\(iS.â(IRN. f)*). IIT) pliio m, [his of Ixs. )l ill tIA. Birds of the tliioc followin"; genera agree in this character:âBill short, broad, flattened, i)lainly iiotcluid at tip, witii wide rictus, and culiiicu or goiiys iiardly if at all exceeding half the length of the coniinissiire; hasa' phalanx of middle toe joined with outer
. Key to North American birds [microform] : 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. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. I AMI'KLIN^E, WAX\VI\(iS.â(IRN. f)*). IIT) pliio m, [his of Ixs. )l ill tIA. Birds of the tliioc followin"; genera agree in this character:âBill short, broad, flattened, i)lainly iiotcluid at tip, witii wide rictus, and culiiicu or goiiys iiardly if at all exceeding half the length of the coniinissiire; hasa' phalanx of middle toe joined with outer toe for ahout two-thirds its length, and to inner toe for ahont half its length. Tiic three genera, or subfamilies, that follow, may be readily and pre- cisely delined. SubJuinUy AMPELIX^E. Waxidwjx. Bill as just described ; nasal fossaj broad, nasal opening exposed, but overarcluHl by a broad scale more or less completely covered with close-set velvety antrorse feathers. Wings with ten primaries, but the hrst si)nrious, very short and displaced (on the outer side of the second) so as to be readily over!o(jked ; \)o\ui of the wing foi'med by the third i)rimary, closely supported by the second and fourth, the fifth being abruptly shorter. Inner (luills, as a rule, and sometimes the tail feathers, tipped with horny ajipendages like red sealing-wax. Tail short, s(juare, ^ or 5 as long as the wings, the under coverts highly developed, reaching nearly to its end. Feet weak; the tarsus shorter than the middle toe and claw, its jiodotheca some- â \^hat receding from strict oscine character. Of this subfamily' as here restricted there is only one genus with three speciesâ one of Europe and America, one of Asia and Japan, and one confmed to this country. They ai'c songless, in this dilli^ring altogether from the Mijhuh'stiiuc and J'tili>tjnu;/(h')av; and I should not be surprised if their relationships proved to be entirely with a certain exotic chimatorial family. Although by a
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