. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds -- North America; Ornithology -- North American; Oiseaux -- Amérique du Nord; Ornithologie -- Amérique du Nord. Ki!iN'( â Tin-: KIXniKS. 77 equal; the secoml quill 1onfr<*s:t ; tlie first less than the fniirth. Tail very nearly even, shorter than the witiirs. Tlic sinj^le Xorth Ameri- can spcries of this genus has no near relative in tropi( al America ; indeed, no other species at ])resent knctwn can be said to be strictly conueneric. In all essential details of external structure, and in every respect as to hab
. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds -- North America; Ornithology -- North American; Oiseaux -- Amérique du Nord; Ornithologie -- Amérique du Nord. Ki!iN'( â Tin-: KIXniKS. 77 equal; the secoml quill 1onfr<*s:t ; tlie first less than the fniirth. Tail very nearly even, shorter than the witiirs. Tlic sinj^le Xorth Ameri- can spcries of this genus has no near relative in tropi( al America ; indeed, no other species at ])resent knctwn can be said to be strictly conueneric. In all essential details of external structure, and in every respect as to habits and niditication, the type of the genus {G. candea) is much more like the species of f\//c(nofipim than those of Half/miles, with which latter it has usually l)een Guiraca csenilea, Swaixsok BLTTE 6B0SBEAK. 'i ccrriilr", Linn. Syst. Xat. I, 176rt, 306. â Wilson, Am. Orn. Ill, 1811, 7S, \\. xxiv, f. 6. - .';, Isis, 1831, 52'j. Guirnoi cirrvlra, Swainson, Birds Mcx. in Tliil. MajT;. I, 1827, 438. â Daiiu), Birds N. Am. 1858, 41»9. â ('ooi>:, Orii. Cal. I, 2oO. Fromilln. ca:ruJio, Am. Orn. r>i()U- H, 1831, 14n ; V, ")M8, pi. cxxii. CoeaifHjrus cirrukm, Sw. Birds II, 1837, 277. â All). Syn. Is31>. -In. liirdsAm. III. 1841, 204, cciv. â Cabams, Mns. Ihin. 18'>1, ;»2. â Finscu, Xat. linin. 1870, 339 (Mazatlan). Ciionoloiia arrnlcn, P)p. Conspectus, l8r>0. r»r»2. duninphceii CKruka, Br. Bloc (irosbcnl; Pfnnant, Arc. II, 1785, ?">1. Sp. Chak. Brilliant blue; darker acros^s the middle of the back. "^pace around base ot" the bill aiid lores, with tail-feather.«. black. Two bands on the winrr across the lips of the middle and ."^ei-ondarv coverts, â with outer edires of tertiari;.s. reddish- brown, or perhaps chestnut. Feathers on the posterior portion o\' the under sur- face tipi>ed narrowly with irrayish-white, , 7.'2.'): winjjr. :i.â¢"»:
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