. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds -- North America; Ornithology -- North American; Oiseaux -- Amérique du Nord; Ornithologie -- Amérique du Nord. 48 NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. racks, in Texas, l)y Mr. J. H. Clark. Tlie season wlien these birds were met with is not indicated by liini. It is stated by Mr. Suniichrast that this species is found throughout botli the temperate and the hot dis- tricts of the State of Vera Cruz, He also mentions that he has found this bird in localities quite remote from each other, and belong- ing both to the hot and to the tem-
. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds -- North America; Ornithology -- North American; Oiseaux -- Amérique du Nord; Ornithologie -- Amérique du Nord. 48 NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. racks, in Texas, l)y Mr. J. H. Clark. Tlie season wlien these birds were met with is not indicated by liini. It is stated by Mr. Suniichrast that this species is found throughout botli the temperate and the hot dis- tricts of the State of Vera Cruz, He also mentions that he has found this bird in localities quite remote from each other, and belong- ing both to the hot and to the tem- perate regions. In the latter it is found to the height of at least four thousand feet. w^. V ,,y/^ Boucard, during the winter months, at IMaza \icente, m the not low- lands of the State of Oaxaca, ^ Subfamily FASSERELLIN^. Char. Toes and claws very stout; the lateral claws reaching beyond the middle of the middle one; all very slightly mrved. Bill conical, the outlines straight; ])otli mandibles equal; wings long, longer than the even tail or slightly rounded, reaching nearly to the middle of its exposed portion. Hind claw longer than its digit; the toe nearly as long as the middle toe ; tarsus longer than the middle toe. Brown above, either uniformly so or faintly streaked ; triangular spots be- low. This section embraces a Passereiia uiaca. single Xorth American genus, chiefly characterized ]»y the remarkable elon- gation of the lateral claws, as well as by the j)eculiar sha])e and large size of all the claws; the lateral, especiidly, are so much lengthened as to extend nearly as far as the middle. The only a])proach to this, as far as I recollect, among Ignited States Conirostrcs, is in Fipilo mcgalonijx, and Xanthoce})lmlus 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 Bai
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