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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... outer , and whitish inner , edgings , and crossed by two conspicuous white bars , across tips of greater and middle coverts . Tail as in americana , but the white spots smaller and almost restricted to two outer feathers on each side ...
... outer , and whitish inner , edgings , and crossed by two conspicuous white bars , across tips of greater and middle coverts . Tail as in americana , but the white spots smaller and almost restricted to two outer feathers on each side ...
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... outer branches of undergrowth ; but wherever found , the inevitable Spanish moss enters largely or wholly into their composition . So durable is this moss that it lasts for years , and as a consequence there are everywhere ten old nests ...
... outer branches of undergrowth ; but wherever found , the inevitable Spanish moss enters largely or wholly into their composition . So durable is this moss that it lasts for years , and as a consequence there are everywhere ten old nests ...
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... outer branches of a small tree , and composed wholly of sticks and fine twigs . The sticks were so full of thorns that when they were crossed about among the lining branches more firmness was given to the nest than usual , and by ...
... outer branches of a small tree , and composed wholly of sticks and fine twigs . The sticks were so full of thorns that when they were crossed about among the lining branches more firmness was given to the nest than usual , and by ...
Page 32
... outer web of the respective feathers ; whereas in crinitus there is only the narrowest possible dusky stripe on the inner web , or none at all . This dusky stripe is of uniform width throughout , not enlarged at the end to occupy most ...
... outer web of the respective feathers ; whereas in crinitus there is only the narrowest possible dusky stripe on the inner web , or none at all . This dusky stripe is of uniform width throughout , not enlarged at the end to occupy most ...
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... outer web near the end , and more or fewer pairs of fulvous spots farther along on both webs . Color of back and head divided by an ob- vious cervical collar , consisting of a series of diffuse whitish , and another similar of ful- vous ...
... outer web near the end , and more or fewer pairs of fulvous spots farther along on both webs . Color of back and head divided by an ob- vious cervical collar , consisting of a series of diffuse whitish , and another similar of ful- vous ...
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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