. Frank Forester's field sports of the United States and British provinces of North America [microform]. Game and game-birds; Hunting; Gibier; Chasse. PRANK forester's FIELD SPORTS. curved, the edges overlapping, the tip declinate* and roundtd. Nostrils basal, roundish, concealed by the feathers. Head small, neck rather long, body bulky. Feet of ordinary length, tarsus short-feathered, toes covered above with numerous short scutella,t marginate,t and pectinate,§ hind toe extremely short, two lateral equal, middle toe much longer; claws of ordinary length, strong, arched, rather obtuse, concave
. Frank Forester's field sports of the United States and British provinces of North America [microform]. Game and game-birds; Hunting; Gibier; Chasse. PRANK forester's FIELD SPORTS. curved, the edges overlapping, the tip declinate* and roundtd. Nostrils basal, roundish, concealed by the feathers. Head small, neck rather long, body bulky. Feet of ordinary length, tarsus short-feathered, toes covered above with numerous short scutella,t marginate,t and pectinate,§ hind toe extremely short, two lateral equal, middle toe much longer; claws of ordinary length, strong, arched, rather obtuse, concave beneath. " Plumage compact, the feathers generally broad and rounded, those of the head and neck narrow, and proportionally shorter^ excepting of the crown, which are elongated. Two tufts of lanceolate elongated feathers on the side of the neck, under which is an oblong bare space on either side capable of beincr in- flated. Lower tibialll and tarsalir feathers short, soft and blended Wmgs short and curved, the primaries strong and narrow • fourth longest, third and fifth nearly equal, second longer than sixth, first much shorter. Tail very short, much .ounded, slop- mg on both sides, of eighteen broad, rounded feathers. " Bill dusky, paler beneath ; iris brown, toes dull yellow claws grayish brown ; the general color of the upper parts is blackish brown, transversely marked with broad, undulatin- bands of light yellowish red ; the wing coverts and secondaries of a lighter brown, tinged with gray, and barred with paler red the latter only on the outer webs ; primary quills grayish brown' with black shafts, and spots of pale reddish on the outer webs excepting toward the end. Tail dark grayish brown, narrowly tipped with dull white, the two middle feathers mottled with brownish red. Space from the bill to the eye, a band from the lower mandible over the cheek and throat, pale yellowish red or cream color; a band of blackish brown under the eye, including the ear co
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