A History of North American Birds; Land Birds; Vol. 3 of 3

Part 79

Chapter 791,039 wordsPublic domain

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In the Measurements tables, zeros were added around the decimal to align data.

Detailed changes:

Table of Contents: III. Glossary of Technical Terms 535[TN: was "533"]

Page 7: _Speotyto cunicularia_, var. _hypogæa_[TN: was "hypugæa"], before mentioned.

Page 23: .60[TN: added decimal point]; tarsus, 1.75; middle toe, 1.20.

Page 27: and at Hamilton, Canada, on the western shore of Lake Ontario;[TN: was a comma]

Page 45: furnishes the following proof of the identity of _N.[TN: added period] “albifrons”_ and _N. acadica_

Page 46: Louisiana, Mr. Wilson met with it in New Jersey, Mr. McCulloch[TN: was "McCullock"]

Page 48: Wing, 5.50–6.00;[TN: added semicolon] tail, 2.75–3.10. In the red plumage,

Page 54: contrasting[TN: was "contracting"] the lighter spots.

Page 59: basally. Wing-formula,[TN: was a period] 3=4; 5, 2–6;

Page 63: tail, 9.00[TN: added decimal point]; culmen, 1.20; tarsus, 2.20; middle toe, 2.10.

Page 71: _Nyctea scandiaca.[TN: added period]_

Page 84: It is[TN: omitted comma] probable that it is occasional in Southern California

Page 98: 437. Spheotyto hypogæa.[TN: was "hypugæo"] Natural size.

Page 99: 437. Spheotyto hypogæa.[TN: was "hypgæa"] Natural size.

Page 100: 437. Spheotyto hypogæa.[TN: was "hypgæa"] Natural size.

Page 101: 437. Spheotyto hypogæa.[TN: was "hypugæa"]

Page 113, measurements table: _Sex._[TN: added "Sex" heading to match the other tables]

Page 131: culmen, .45–.58; tarsus, 1.20–1.55; middle toe, 1.15–1.40).[TN: added closing parenthesis]

Page 157, measurements table: _Sex._[TN: added "Sex" heading to match other tables]

Page 160: coast region[TN: omitted extraneous parenthesis]; var. _isabellinus_, Swains.,

Page 184: =Pandion haliætus=, var. =carolinensis= (GMEL.[TN: added period]).

Page 204: _Immature female_ (Coll. Philadelphia[TN: was "Philadephia"] Academy, Red Fork of the Arkansas, 1850;

Page 220: globular[TN: was "gobular"] egg to an elongated oval.

Page 222: _Erythrospiza_, KAUP, 1867. (Type, _A. trinotatus_ (TEMM.?))[TN: added closing parenthesis]

Page 231: Var.[TN: added period] =mexicanus=, SWAINSON.

Page 234: several times, with great rapidity, by both male and female.”[TN: added closing quotation mark]

Page 259: and 30,895, Mirador, Mexico; the latter the larger.) Wing, 11.00–11.30; tail, 6.80–7.10;[TN: added semicolon]

Page 260, measurements table: _Sex._[TN: added "Sex" heading to match the other tables]

Page 271: you approach him, and with much seeming difficulty it makes[TN: was "make"] out to move off

Page 273: the young of nearly all _Buteos_ from adults of the same species.[TN: was "specis"]

Page 295: _Buteo[TN: was "Bateo"] cooperi_, CASS. P. A. N. S. Philad. VIII, 1856, 253.

Page 300: _Young female_ (6,883, Los Angeles[TN: was "Angelos"], California; Dr. Heermann).

Page 300: _Aquila chrysaëtus_ (not of LINN.!)[TN: added period], RICH. & SW. F. B. A. II, 1831, 12.

Page 314: Zoög. Ros. As. 1811. _Aquila fulva_ (not of LINN.!)[TN: added period], NUTT. Man. Orn. 1833, 62.—PEAB.

Page 314: =Haliaetus albicilla= (LINN.[TN: added period]).

Page 324: LINN. Tr. VIII, 277 (var.). _Aquila leucocephala_, MEYER, Taschenb[TN: was "Tascheub"].

Page 339: in Mexico, and it very rarely goes north of the Columbia.[TN: added period]

Page 351: _Vultur aura_ (not of Linn.[TN: added period]!), DAUD. Tr. Orn. II, 19 (quotes Pl. Enl. 187, 1800).

Page 359: .68; tarsus, .97; middle toe, 1.13; outer, .89; inner, .78[TN: added decimal point].

Page 366: [TN: added opening parenthesis](Cordova, 1856, 309); Honduras (TAYLOR, Ibis, II, 226;

Page 382: expedient to merge _Zenaida_ and _Zenaidura_ into one, since, if _yucatanensis_[TN: was "yucatensis"]

Page 414: lower throat very spinous.[TN: added period]

Page 416: _Canace canadensis_, REICH. Av. Syst. Nat. 1851, p. xxix. [TN: omitted extraneous parenthesis]Type, BONAP. Comptes

Page 429: Game Birds, Nat. Lib. IV, 140, pl. xvii.—ELLIOT, P. A. N. S, 1864.[TN: omitted comma]—IB.

Page 441: =17044= ♂[TN: possible typo for ♀] ⅓ ⅓

Page 502: nicely woven together, and lined with a few feathers and exceedingly fine grass.”[TN: added closing quotation mark]

Page 513: Length, 5.00; extent, 7.10; wing, 2.10; tail, 2.00; culmen, .42; tarsus, .68.[TN: added decimal point]

Page 525: 63. Abdomen (includes 64, 65).[TN: added period]

Page 531: In the Trogons, however, the inner toe is reversed[TN: was "revered"].

Page 538: including nape and scruff. (48.)[TN: was "(48)."]

Page 551: both ends. The transverse[TN: was "tranverse"]

Page iv: Maryland Yellow-throat,[TN: was a period] I. 297.

Page v: mexicanus, III.[TN: was a comma] 231.

Page vi: Bæolophus[TN: was "Bœolophus"], I. 86, 87.

Page x: cinnamominus[TN: was "cinnamoninus"], III. 168.

Page x: hæmorrhoidalis[TN: was "hœmorrhoidalis"], III. 130.

Page xii: pinus, I.[TN: was a comma] 191, 195.

Page xii: grœnlandicus[TN: was "grœlandicus"], III. 111.

Page xiii: carolinensis, I.[TN: was a comma] 418.

Page xiv: pertinax,[TN: was a period] II. 337.

Page xix: varius, II.[TN: was "III"] 537, 539; III. 521.[TN: was "523"]

Page xix: nacuruta[TN: was "nacurutu"], III. 61.

Page xxi: arctica, II.[TN: was "I"] 530.

Page xxiii: hæmorrhous,[TN: was "hœmorrhous"]

Page xxiv: III. 360,[TN: was "II."]

Page xxiv: III. 366,[TN: was "II."]

Page xxiv: III. 363,[TN: was "II."]

Page xxiv: III. 368,[TN: was "II."]

Page xxv: leucurus[TN: was "reucurus"] (_summer_),

Page xxvi: III. 398,[TN: was "II."]

Page xxvi: megarhyncha,[TN: was "megarrhyncha"]

Footnotes[TN: heading added by transcriber]

Footnote 8: names used in these pages are essentially the same as those there employed.[TN: Footnote label missing in scan]

Footnote 10: Vols.[TN: was a comma] IV and V, Dec., 1872, and Jan., 1873.

Footnote 14: larger feet, see p.[TN: page number missing in source]

Footnote 57: Tr. Orn. II, 131, 1800. _Falco hæmorrhoidalis_,[TN: was "hœmorrhoidalis"]

Footnote 63: _Measurements._—♂. Wing, 6.90–7.10; tail, 4.80–5.10; culmen, .50; tarsus, 1.45–1.48[TN: added decimal point]

Footnote 65: Bryant Collection[TN: omitted extraneous closing parenthesis] from Porto Rico, and No. 36,554

Footnote 84: tarsus, 2.55–2.78; middle toe, 1.60–1.65.[TN: added decimal point]

Footnote 96: _Sarcorhamphus_, DUMÉRIL[TN: was "Dumèril"], 1806. (Type, _Vultur gryphus_, LINN.)

Footnote 114: the _Spanish Main_, where it was kept by the Christian colonists.”[TN: added closing quote]