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

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

[¹¹⁸] This specimen is the type of C. ochrocephalus, Aiken, Am. Nat. VII, April, 1873, p. 236.

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.

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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
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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]
• [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.
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  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]
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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">[
• [Page 295]:
  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.
• [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]