. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains, a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush;. Birds; Birds. 284 KEY AND DESCRIPTION white tail coverts both above and below. This white is rendered conspicuous by the black rump and tail; there is also a black line extend- ing down the nape and back neck. The wing is without a white specu- lum. This bird nests in trees, and to give it power to grasp the limbs of trees its hind toe is much lengthened, being about an inch long. Length, 20 ; wing, 9 ; tail, 3£ ; tarsus, 2£ ; cultnen, If. Southern United States, Lou- i
. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains, a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush;. Birds; Birds. 284 KEY AND DESCRIPTION white tail coverts both above and below. This white is rendered conspicuous by the black rump and tail; there is also a black line extend- ing down the nape and back neck. The wing is without a white specu- lum. This bird nests in trees, and to give it power to grasp the limbs of trees its hind toe is much lengthened, being about an inch long. Length, 20 ; wing, 9 ; tail, 3£ ; tarsus, 2£ ; cultnen, If. Southern United States, Lou- isiana, and Texas to Cali- fornia, and southward to Mexico. Also in South America. Casual in North Carolina and Missouri. The Black-bellied Tree-duck Fulvous Tree-duck (177- Dendrocygna autum- nalis) is a similar bird, but has a large white patch on the wings and a black belly. It is found from southern Texas westward, and southward into South SEA DUCKS (SUBFAMILY FULIGULIN^E) Characteristics given on p. 277 Key to the Species Wing, 6 or less long; tail feathers with narrow webs and stiff shafts extending beyond the webs ;1 upper tail cov- 'erts very short. (N.) Wing, 6-7 long; upper tail coverts about i as long as the tail 18. Buffle-head. Wing over 7 long. (A.) A. Feathers at the side and at the top of the bill so extended as to leave a bare portion between, which is | as long as the (L.) A. No such great extension of both the loral and the frontal feathers on the upper mandible. (B.). Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Apgar, Austin Craig, 1838- [from old catalog]. New York, Cincinnati [etc. ] American book company
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