. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. Ji:il'" 56 ALTRICIAI. GIJALLATOUES â HKUODIONES. Had, The whole of teiniiciate niul tioiiical Ameiien, I'mni British America to Cliili and the Frtlkhiiid Ishlliils. I'lirt of tiie West Iiiilics; Ijeriiiudiis. Si'. Char. Adult: Fileiiin, scaindars, and inters , t,' Uackish bottle-green ; fore- head, postoeiilar, malar, and ^'idar , and medial lower parts, white ; lateral lower parts and neck, except in front, pale ash-^'ray, witii a sli;,rlit lilaceous tin-e ; wind's, rumi.
. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. Ji:il'" 56 ALTRICIAI. GIJALLATOUES â HKUODIONES. Had, The whole of teiniiciate niul tioiiical Ameiien, I'mni British America to Cliili and the Frtlkhiiid Ishlliils. I'lirt of tiie West Iiiilics; Ijeriiiudiis. Si'. Char. Adult: Fileiiin, scaindars, and inters , t,' Uackish bottle-green ; fore- head, postoeiilar, malar, and ^'idar , and medial lower parts, white ; lateral lower parts and neck, except in front, pale ash-^'ray, witii a sli;,rlit lilaceous tin-e ; wind's, rumi., lail-coverts and tail, deeper ,'ray. Occipital plumes jiure white, liill black ; lorea and orbits yellowish yreen ; iris bright red'; legs and feet yellow ; claws brown. [Audubon.] Yoiiwj, second year:. jek. â -â !»:.â â WS 'tN â â «-â â '-CC .\o. of 14 8 Similar to the adult, but scapulars and interscainilai-s cinereous, like the wings, and the white of the forehead obscured by tlie blackish of the crown ; tlie colors generally more sond)re, with neck and lower jiarta more decidedly ashy. Yoitiifijjirnt ijvar: Above, grayis^h brown, with more or less of a cinnamon cast, especially on the remigcs, each feather marked with a medial tear-shaped, or wed"e-shaped stripe of wliite, the remiges with small white terminal spots ; vectrices plain ash- gray. Sides of the head and iieck, i>nd I'Utire lower jiarts, striped longitudinally with grayish brown and dull white ; chin \\k\ liiroat ]ilain white medially. ]!ill light apide-green, the tipper half of the maxilla blai'kish, the mamlible with a tinge of the same near the end ; lores light apple-green; eyelids siiuilar, but brighter â more yellowish, their inner edge black; iris dark chrome-yellow tjr dull oiange ; legs and feet light yellowish apple-green; claws grayish horn- color.^ Length about (>-26.(K); oxpaiisp, Weight, 1 lb. 14 oz. (Aii)i Hon). Wing, 11.(M)- 12-80; tail, (
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