. 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. Birds; Birds. SCOL OP A CID^ ; TA TILERS. 641 tail ; bill ; tarsus 9 smaller, lacking the ruff and tubercles, etc. A widely distributed bird of tbe Old World, noted fo
. 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. Birds; Birds. SCOL OP A CID^ ; TA TILERS. 641 tail ; bill ; tarsus 9 smaller, lacking the ruff and tubercles, etc. A widely distributed bird of tbe Old World, noted for its pugnacity; occasionally killed on the coast of New England and the Middle States. (Lawrence, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y., v, 1853, p.'230, Long Island. Coues, Pr. Essex Inst., v, 1868, p. 396 ; New England. Brewster, Am. Nat., vi, 1873, p. 306; Massachusetts. Brewster, Bull. NuttaU Club, i, 1876, p. 19; Maine. Wheaton, Bull. NuttaU Club, ii, 1877, p. 83; Ohio. —Forest and Stream, Oct. 7, 1880, p. 186; Massachusetts. See Freke, Zoologist, Sept. 1881, p. 376.) BABTRA'MIA. (To Wm. Bartram.) BUI rather shorter than head, much shorter than tar-, BUS, about equal to middle toe; straight, the culmen a little concave in most of its length, the. Fig. 448. —The Euff, J, in fall feather, J nat. size. (From Brehm.) upper mandible grooved for three-fourths its length. Gape very wide and deep, reaching below eyes. Feathers on side of lower mandible scarcely or not reaching opposite those on upper, and not filling the interramal space. Tail very long, more than one-half the wing, graduated. Wings moderate, pointed. Tibiae denuded for nearly the length of the middle toe. Tarsi soutellate before and behind, much longer than middle toe and claw. Outer toe moderately webbed; inner cleft to the base. Size medium; neck and legs long; head smaU; coloration highly variegated; sexes alike; no great seasonal changes. One species. B. longicau'da. (Lat. lon^us, long; eauda, tail.) Baktkamian San
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