. 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. 814 SYSTEMATIC SYNOPSIS. — ^ S69. B. crave'rii? (To F. Craven. Fig. 551.) Craveri's Murrblet. ResemHes the last; questionably distinct ; differs in having
. 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. 814 SYSTEMATIC SYNOPSIS. — ^ S69. B. crave'rii? (To F. Craven. Fig. 551.) Craveri's Murrblet. ResemHes the last; questionably distinct ; differs in having the under surface of the wing dark. L. California, both sides. 870. B. braehy'pterus ? (Gr. /S/Da^wr, braehus, short; jtrepov, pteron, wing.) Short-winged MuRRELET. Tarsus said to be longer than middle toe. Bill about i as long as head Above, cinereous, the wings and tail blackish. Necl^ on sides and below, breast and belly white. Length Unalashka. (This is the substance of Brandt's original description. The al- leged species is unknown to me, and no specimens are known to exist in this country.) , 345. U'RIA. (Grr. ovpla, owia, a kind of X* waterfowl.) Black Guillemots. Bill much shorter than head, about equal to tarsus, straight, rather stout, moderately compressed; culmen at first straight, then decurved; gape straight to near tip ; gonys short, straight, ascending, about \ Fio- 551. — Craveri's Murrelet, nat. size. (Prom EUlot.) as long as culmen. No nick or groove near tip of' upper mandible; its tomial edge scarcely inflected. Nasal fossse large and deep, partially filled with feathers which do not entirely cover the nostrils. Feathers salient in rounded outline on side of lower mandible. Tail little rounded, contained 3t times in length of wing. Tarsus entirely reticulate, slightly shorter than middle toe without claw. Claws compressed, arched, acute, the outer grooved on outer side, the middle dilated on inner edge. No postocular furrow in plumage. Color black
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