. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. — THE FALCONS. 127 An egg mtlio Sinitli,s<. Collcctiou (ir,,;»(ij, taken at Gilmer, Wyomin-^ iorntury, May l;], 187(», by Mr. H. R. Durkoe, lias a of pink! , varying m eggs to .liluted vinaceons, thickly spotted and Ireckled with a single shade of a pniplish-rulous. In shape they iuv. nearly elliptical, the smaller eml scarcely more pointed than the larger. They measure by to inches. The nest was built on the
. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. — THE FALCONS. 127 An egg mtlio Sinitli,s<. Collcctiou (ir,,;»(ij, taken at Gilmer, Wyomin-^ iorntury, May l;], 187(», by Mr. H. R. Durkoe, lias a of pink! , varying m eggs to .liluted vinaceons, thickly spotted and Ireckled with a single shade of a pniplish-rulous. In shape they iuv. nearly elliptical, the smaller eml scarcely more pointed than the larger. They measure by to inches. The nest was built on the edge ot a clifi: Its eggs were also taken by Dv. IJayden while with (iiptani Uaynolds, at Gros Vent Fork, June 8, 18G0. Subgenus FALCO, McKnniNG. /1<to , 1752. (Ty,K,, Falcoi^regrimcs, Gm. = F. communis, Gm.) lilujndwdoii, NiTzsfii, 1840. (In part only.) Euhicnu; Wi:nn. & MvAvm., 1844. (Type, Fako—i) Ic/himu, KAur, 1844. (Typo, FaIco frontalis, Daud.) The following synopsis of the three American species of this subgenus may serve to distinguish them from each- other, though only two ofUiera (/. aaran/uis and F. rufujulavis) are very closely related. The comparative F. NAT. SIZE. 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 Baird, Spencer F. , 1823-1887; Brewer, T. M. (Thomas Mayo), 1814-1880; Ridgway, Robert, 1850-1929. Boston : Little, Brown
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