. 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; 1887. LABIUM — STEMNIN2E: TB'RNS. 763 798. inches; extent about ; wing from the carpus ; tail ; depth of fork (average) ; bill along culmen 1
. 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; 1887. LABIUM — STEMNIN2E: TB'RNS. 763 798. inches; extent about ; wing from the carpus ; tail ; depth of fork (average) ; bill along culmen ; height at base ; from feathers on side of lower man- dible to tip ; gonys ; gape ; tibiaj bare ; tarsus to ; middle toe , its clavT ; outer , its claw ; inner , its claw ; hallux with its claw ; whole foot aiout Extreme range : length to ; extent to ; wing to ; taU to ; tarsus to ; bill to Females average a little less than the males. Youug fall under the above minima; length down to , wing to , tail to , bill to , etc. Youug-of-the-year in August: Upper mandible brown, becoming blackish on the culmen toward the tip, and somewhat flesh-colored basally along the tomia. Under mandible light yellow, darkening into brown toward tip. Mouth yellow; feet dull yellow, with scarcely a tinge of reddish. Forehead grayish-white; on the vertex this gray intermixed with large, roundish, illy-defined spots of blackish ; on occiput and nape black is the prevailing color, the extreme tips of the feathers only being gray; on sides of head, as far as eyes, the black also nearly pure. The ground-color of the upper parts is a rather lighter shade of the pearl-blue of the adults, but every feather is tipped with dull light gray, and has a subtenninal spot (generally a crescent or semicircle) of Uglit brown. These spots and tips are quite con
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