Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, 4. köide,1–4. numberU.S. Government Printing Office, 1878 |
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... dark green ebony . The birds , though oc- casionally seen , are by no means abundant . The shape of the single egg secured is pointed at one end , rounded at the other , the greatest diameter being nearer one end . It is pale blue ...
... dark green ebony . The birds , though oc- casionally seen , are by no means abundant . The shape of the single egg secured is pointed at one end , rounded at the other , the greatest diameter being nearer one end . It is pale blue ...
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... darker than those of crinitus - that is , they have a sordid brownish - olive cast , instead of the clearer and purer ... dark brown , slenderer than in crinitus , but not longer than in one of the Texas specimens of crinitus , and , in ...
... darker than those of crinitus - that is , they have a sordid brownish - olive cast , instead of the clearer and purer ... dark brown , slenderer than in crinitus , but not longer than in one of the Texas specimens of crinitus , and , in ...
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... dark bar , and another curved dark bar , the latter across the ends of the under coverts . The under parts are difficult of description , owing to the diffuseness of the markings ; we may say ground - color of under parts white ...
... dark bar , and another curved dark bar , the latter across the ends of the under coverts . The under parts are difficult of description , owing to the diffuseness of the markings ; we may say ground - color of under parts white ...
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... dark bars scarcely traceable . Dark cervical collar , however , conspicuous . White of the under parts tinged with yellowish or fulvous ; the markings of the under parts similar in color to the ground of the upper parts , but duller and ...
... dark bars scarcely traceable . Dark cervical collar , however , conspicuous . White of the under parts tinged with yellowish or fulvous ; the markings of the under parts similar in color to the ground of the upper parts , but duller and ...
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... dark reddish - brown , rather regularly , but not thickly , over the whole egg . One egg has a complete ring of spots very close to one end . They measure 2.70 by 1.80 , 2.65 by 1.90 , 2.58 by 1.85 , and 2.70 by 1.90 . 223--26.00 x ...
... dark reddish - brown , rather regularly , but not thickly , over the whole egg . One egg has a complete ring of spots very close to one end . They measure 2.70 by 1.80 , 2.65 by 1.90 , 2.58 by 1.85 , and 2.70 by 1.90 . 223--26.00 x ...
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1873 Elliott Coues abdomen abundant Acad Amer American antennæ apex apical August basal base birds blackish border Bosque County breeding brown Brownsville Bull caudal fin Cham Cham.-Can Clem Clem.-Tin Coll Collector color Colorado convex Cope costal dark distinct dorsal fin eggs Elliott Coues elytra Esox extending fauna feet fore wings Frenchman's Creek fuscous Gelechia genera genus Girard head Hidalgo hind wings inch joint JORDAN Jour July June Kennt Larva larvæ Length List of specimens Locality longitudinal margin median middle Milk River Missouri Mouse River Nature of specimen nearly nest North oblique outer pale palpi Pembina Phila portion posterior prairie Proc prothorax punctured Quar Rafinesque region Rocky Mountains rounded seen side Skin slender species spine spots striæ surface Texas thorax tibiæ transverse Turtle Mountain upper Valley vein ventral