. 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 . maries edged with rufous (rarely yellowish on inner secondaries) ;pileum dark or ([uite blackish. Bill broad, flat, shaped much as iu Contopus, about i its ownlength wide at the no
. 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 . maries edged with rufous (rarely yellowish on inner secondaries) ;pileum dark or ([uite blackish. Bill broad, flat, shaped much as iu Contopus, about i its ownlength wide at the nostrils. Very small : length 7-00 or less ; wing and tail only ;bill ; tar-sus Texas (?), Mexico, and Central Am., there running into31. nigricapillus. 121. SAYIORNIS. (Name of Thos. Say, with Gr. opm, ornis, a bird.) Pewit 3 following species do not particularly resemble each other; most authors place them iuseparate genera, and some even under different subfamilies, of Tyrannidce. The discre|)anciesof form, however, are not startling, and for the purposes of this work the species may be properlyput together, as they agree in presenting a certain aspect not shown by the other N. Am,groups. (Fig. 280, h.) They are small si)ecies, about 7-00 or less in length. Head with aslight crest of erectile feathers. Tarsus rather longer than middle toe and claw (tlie reverse. — Asli-tliroated Flycatcher,(Sheppard del. Nichols sc.) TYRANNIDJE — TYRAXNIN^iJ: TYBAXT FL YCA TCHEBS. 437 in Contopus). Bill narrower than in the other little Flycatchers, with nearly straight lateraloutlines, its width at base about i the length of culmen. Wing pointed by 2d-5th quills, 1stshorter than 6th. Tail about as long as wing, einarginate, with broad feathers tending todivaricate in the middle. One Eastern, two Western species. Nest affixed to rocks andbuildings, with mud; eggs normally wliite, unmarked. Aualysis of Species. Ashy-brown, wi
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