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

by Spencer Fullerton Baird; T. M. Brewer; Robert Ridgway

Transcriber’s Notes

Variant spelling and hyphenation are preserved as printed. Simple typographical errors were corrected.

In the printed book, ditto marks often indicated repeated text. In this e-book, [the repeated text is copied in full].

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

In the indexes, only references within this volume are hyperlinked.

All transcriber’s notes are commented into the source code, like so: <!--TN: -->.

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]
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  furnishes the following proof of the identity of N.[TN: added period] “albifrons” and N. acadica
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  Louisiana, Mr. Wilson met with it in New Jersey, Mr. McCulloch[TN: was "McCullock">[
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  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]
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  It is[TN: omitted comma] probable that it is occasional in Southern California
• [Page 98]:
  437. Spheotyto hypogæa.[TN: was "hypugæo">[ Natural size.
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  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]).
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  Immature female (Coll. Philadelphia[TN: was "Philadephia">[ Academy, Red Fork of the Arkansas, 1850;
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  globular[TN: was "gobular">[ egg to an elongated oval.
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  Erythrospiza, Kaup, 1867. (Type, A. trinotatus (Temm.?))[TN: added closing parenthesis]
• [Page 231]:
  Var.[TN: added period] mexicanus, Swainson.
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  several times, with great rapidity, by both male and female.”[TN: added closing quotation mark]
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  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]
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  you approach him, and with much seeming difficulty it makes[TN: was "make">[ out to move off
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  the young of nearly all Buteos from adults of the same species.[TN: was "specis">[
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  Buteo[TN: was "Bateo">[ cooperi, Cass. P. A. N. S. Philad. VIII, 1856, 253.
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  Young female (6,883, Los Angeles[TN: was "Angelos">[, California; Dr. Heermann).
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  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.
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  Haliaetus albicilla (Linn.[TN: added period]).
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  Linn. Tr. VIII, 277 (var.). Aquila leucocephala, Meyer, Taschenb[TN: was "Tascheub">[.
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  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).
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  .68; tarsus, .97; middle toe, 1.13; outer, .89; inner, .78[TN: added decimal point].
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  [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">[
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  lower throat very spinous.[TN: added period]
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  Canace canadensis, Reich. Av. Syst. Nat. 1851, p. xxix. [TN: omitted extraneous parenthesis]Type, Bonap. Comptes
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  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
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  nicely woven together, and lined with a few feathers and exceedingly fine grass.”[TN: added closing quotation mark]
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  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]
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  In the Trogons, however, the inner toe is reversed[TN: was "revered">[.
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  including nape and scruff. (48.)[TN: was "(48).">[
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  both ends. The transverse[TN: was "tranverse">[
• [Page iv]:
  Maryland Yellow-throat,[TN: was a period] I. 297.
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  mexicanus, III.[TN: was a comma] 231.
• [Page vi]:
  Bæolophus[TN: was "Bœolophus">[, I. 86, 87.
• [Page x]:
  cinnamominus[TN: was "cinnamoninus">[, III. 168.
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  hæmorrhoidalis[TN: was "hœmorrhoidalis">[, III. 130.
• [Page xii]:
  pinus, I.[TN: was a comma] 191, 195.
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  grœnlandicus[TN: was "grœlandicus">[, III. 111.
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  carolinensis, I.[TN: was a comma] 418.
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  pertinax,[TN: was a period] II. 337.
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  varius, II.[TN: was "III">[ 537, 539; III. 521.[TN: was "523">[
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  nacuruta[TN: was "nacurutu">[, III. 61.
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  arctica, II.[TN: was "I">[ 530.
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  hæmorrhous,[TN: was "hœmorrhous">[
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  III. 360,[TN: was "II.">[
• [Page xxiv]:
  III. 366,[TN: was "II.">[
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  III. 363,[TN: was "II.">[
• [Page xxiv]:
  III. 368,[TN: was "II.">[
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  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]