. 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. Illustrated by 6 steel plates and upwards of 250 woodcuts. Birds. 212 FALCONIDJE, MUENAL BIEDS OF PEEY. GEN. 156, 157. 1 â ⢠V- imderneath ; height of bill at base greater than chord of culmen; 4th quill longest, 2d shorter than 6th, 1st very short. The two following species are exactly alike in color ; one is a miniature of the other. The ordinary phmage is dark brown above (deepest on the head, the occipit
. 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. Illustrated by 6 steel plates and upwards of 250 woodcuts. Birds. 212 FALCONIDJE, MUENAL BIEDS OF PEEY. GEN. 156, 157. 1 â ⢠V- imderneath ; height of bill at base greater than chord of culmen; 4th quill longest, 2d shorter than 6th, 1st very short. The two following species are exactly alike in color ; one is a miniature of the other. The ordinary phmage is dark brown above (deepest on the head, the occipital feathers showing white when disturbed) with an ashy or plumbeous shade which increases with age, till the general cast is quite bluish-ash; below, white or whitish, variously streaked with dark brown and rusty, finally changing to brownish-red (palest behind and slightly ashy across the breast) with the white then only showing in narrow cross-bars ; chin, throat and crissum mostly white with blackish pencilling ; wings and tail barred with ashy and brown or blackish, the quills white-barred basally, the tail whitish-tipped; bill dark; claws black ; cere and feet yellow. Sharp-sldnned Hcavh. "Pigeon ; Feet extremely slender; bare portiou of tarsus longer than middle toe; scutella frequently fused; tail square. $ 10-12 ; Aviug 6-7 _ tail 5-6. ? 12-14; wing 7-8; tail 6-7. "Whole foot 3J or less. North America, abund- ant. Falco veloxWi'LS., V, 116, pi. 45, f. 1 ; >. 5,'^^^^ pennsylvanicus WiL,s., vi, 13, pi. 46, f. 1; Sw. and EicH., F. ii, 74; NuTT., i, 87; Aud., i, 100,pl. 25;, 18; Coop., 466 fuscus. Cooj^er's IlaipJe. Chicken Ilawh. Feet moderately stout; bare portion of tarsus shorter than middle toe; scutella remainiug distinct; tail a little rounded. $ 16-18; wing 9-10; tail 7-8; ? 18-20; wing 10-11; tail 8-9. Whole foot 4 or more. N. Am., especially U. S. ; common. Bonap., Am. Orn. i, 1, pi. 1, f. 1; Aud., i, 98, pi. 24; Cass, in
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