. 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. CUCULID^ — SAUROTHEBIN^: QBOUNB CUCKOOS. 473 37. Subfamily SAUROTHERIN^: Ground Cuckoos. Tail of ten feathers, graduated, longer than the short, rounded, concave wings
. 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. CUCULID^ — SAUROTHEBIN^: QBOUNB CUCKOOS. 473 37. Subfamily SAUROTHERIN^: Ground Cuckoos. Tail of ten feathers, graduated, longer than the short, rounded, concave wings. Bill about as long as the head, compressed, straight at base, tapering, with deflected tip, gently curved culmen and ample rictus. Feet large and strong, in adaptation to terrestrial life ; tarsus longer than the toes, soutellate before and behind. One West Indian genus, Sawothera, with tliree or four species, and the following, with two: — 147. GEOCOC'CYX. (Gr. yrj, ge, the ground; k6kkv$, koMux, a cuckoo.) Ground \:^P Fig. 325. — Ground Cuckoo, J nat. size. (From Brehm.) Head crested; most feathers of head and neck bristle-tipped; eyelids lashed; whole plumage coarse. A bare colored space arouild eye. Bill about as long as head, nearly straight, but with culmen and commissure much decurved toward end, gonys if anything a little concave. Wings very short and concavo-convex, with long inner secondaries folding entirely over the primaries; 4th, 5th, and succeeding primaries longer than 3d, 2d, and 1st, which rapidly shorten. Tail of long tapering feathers, much graduated, making more than half the total length of the bird. Feet as above. Plumage lustrous and variegated above. Sexes substantially alike. Eminently terrestrial; nest in bushes ; eggs 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 or
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