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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... probably flesh- colored in life , with the tip and commissural edge of the upper mandible dusky , quite broad and flattened at base , thence gradually tapering to the acuminate tip , slightly bent downward , the curve most noticeable ...
... probably flesh- colored in life , with the tip and commissural edge of the upper mandible dusky , quite broad and flattened at base , thence gradually tapering to the acuminate tip , slightly bent downward , the curve most noticeable ...
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... probably some were made by their only relative of that section , Picus scalaris , Texas Woodpecker . They build much in live trees , dead timber being very scarce , but in them their holes could not be so readily seen . About May 1st ...
... probably some were made by their only relative of that section , Picus scalaris , Texas Woodpecker . They build much in live trees , dead timber being very scarce , but in them their holes could not be so readily seen . About May 1st ...
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... probably males in search of food , while their mates were incubating their eggs , for at that time no young birds were out . I found numbers of their nests situated in all sorts of trees ( the mezquite is a favorite tree with them ) ...
... probably males in search of food , while their mates were incubating their eggs , for at that time no young birds were out . I found numbers of their nests situated in all sorts of trees ( the mezquite is a favorite tree with them ) ...
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... probably having been off in search of food during the day . Their flight is in lines , like the Cormorants , and well sustained . This bird is a mar- ket bird in the fall , when it is fat and said to be very good . The com- plement of ...
... probably having been off in search of food during the day . Their flight is in lines , like the Cormorants , and well sustained . This bird is a mar- ket bird in the fall , when it is fat and said to be very good . The com- plement of ...
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... probably wanting . The dorsal and ventral surfaces each protected by tripodal shields . Shields of other forms on the sides . This , with the genus following , introduces for the first time into the North American extinct fauna the ...
... probably wanting . The dorsal and ventral surfaces each protected by tripodal shields . Shields of other forms on the sides . This , with the genus following , introduces for the first time into the North American extinct fauna the ...
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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