greyish-black, claws brown. The upper part and sides of the head are
dark glossy, with purplish reflections. The neck, a portion of the
back anteriorly, the breast, abdomen, and legs, are of a deep rich
brownish-red, or dark chestnut; part of the breast shaded with green,
the sides dusky tinged with green, as are the lower wing-coverts, and
lower tail-coverts. Excepting the anterior edge of the wing, and the
anterior scapulars, which are deep glossy brownish-red, the upper parts
are splendent dark green, glossed with purple; the primaries black,
shaded with green; the tail glossy with purple reflections.
Length to end of tail 25 inches; to end of claws 30-1/2; bill along
the ridge 5-4/12, along the edge of lower mandible 5-2/12; wing from
flexure 11-1/4; tail 4-1/4; bare part of tibia 2-1/2; hind toe 1-1/12,
its claw (5-1/4)/12; second toe 1-11/12, its claw (6-1/4)/12; third toe
2-8/12, its claw 7/12; fourth toe 2-4/12, its claw 5/12.
The Female is similar to the male, but somewhat less.
The young in its second plumage, has the bill dusky, tinged with
yellow, the bare part of the head dusky; the feet blackish-brown, the
head, neck and lower parts are greyish-brown, the head and greater part
of the neck marked with small longitudinal streaks of white, of which
there are two on each feather. All the upper parts are blackish-green,
glossy in a less degree than those of the adult.
On comparing adult American specimens with others obtained on the
old continent, I can perceive no difference between them. A young
Mexican bird, and one from India, are also precisely similar. I cannot
therefore entertain a doubt as to the identity of our bird with the
_Tantalus Falcinellus_ of LATHAM and other European writers, which has
been shewn by SAVIGNY to be the Black Ibis of the ancients.
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INDEX.
Page
Alea impennis, 316
American Avoset, 168
—— Bittern, 296
—— Dipper, 493
—— Ring Plover, 256
—— White Pelican, 88
—— Widgeon, 337
Anas americana, 237
—— Breweri, 302
—— clypeata, 241
—— discors, 111
—— obscura, 15
—— strepera, 353
Anhinga, 136
Anser hyperboreus, 562
Aramus Scolopaceus, 543
Ardea cœrulea, 58
—— Egretta, 600
—— minor, 296
—— violacea, 290
—— virescens, 274
Arkansaw Flycatcher, 422
Ash-coloured Sandpiper, 130
Auk, Great, 316
Avoset, American, 168
Band-tailed Pigeon, 479
Bank Swallow, 584
Bartramian Sandpiper, 24
Bittern, American, 296
Black Skimmer, 203
Black-bellied Plover, 280
Black-cap Titmouse, 374
Black-headed Grosbeak, 519
Black-headed Gull, 118
Black-necked Stilt, 247
Black-shouldered Hawk, 367
Black-throated Bunting, 579
—— Diver, 345
Blue Heron, 58
Blue-winged Teal, 111
Bohemian Chatterer, 462
Bombycilla garrula, 462
Bonapartian Gull, 212
Brewer’s Duck, 302
Buffel-headed Duck, 217
Bunting, Black-throated, 579
Buzzard, Common, 508
Canvass-back Duck, 1
Charadrius helveticus, 280
—— montanus, 362
—— semipalmatus, 256
Chatterer, Bohemian, 462
Chestnut-backed Titmouse, 371
Chestnut-crowned Titmouse, 382
Clarke’s Nutcracker, 459
Cinclus Americanus, 493
Cleome heptaphylla, 558
Cock of the Plains, 503
Columba fasciata, 479
Colymbus arcticus, 345
—— glacialis, 43
Common Buzzard, 508
—— Gannet, 222
—— Magpie, 408
—— Tern, 74
Corvus Nuttalli, 450
—— Pica, 408
—— Stelleri, 453
—— ultramarinus, 456
Courlan, Scolopaceous, 543
Crossbill, White-winged, 467
Cygnus Buccinator, 536
Dipper, American, 493
Diver, Black-throated, 345
—— Great Northern, 43
Duck, Brewer’s, 302
—— Buffel-headed, 217
—— Canvass-back, 1
—— Dusky, 15
—— Gadwall, 353
—— Golden-eye, 318
—— Long-tailed, 103
—— Pied, 271
—— Red-headed, 198
—— Ruddy, 326
—— Shoveller, 241
—— Surf, 161
Dusky Duck, 15
Dusky Grous, 446
Egret, Great American, 600
Emberiza americana, 579
—— lapponica, 472
Evening Grosbeak, 515
Falco Buteo, 508
—— cyaneus, 396
—— dispar, 367
—— fuscus, 522
Falcon, Iceland, 476
—— Jer, 476
Finch, Macgillivray’s, 394
Flycatcher, Arkansaw, 422
—— Say’s, 420
—— Swallow-tailed, 426
Fringilla Linaria, 533
—— Macgillivraii, 394
—— melanocephala, 519
—— vespertina, 515
Fuligula Albeola, 217
—— clangula, 318
—— Ferina, 198
—— glacialis, 103
—— labradora, 271
—— perspicillata, 161
—— rubida, 326
—— valisneriana, 1
Gadwall Duck, 353
Gallinula martinica, 37
Gallinule, Purple, 37
Gannet, Common, 222
Glossy Ibis, 608
Godwit, Tell-tale, 68
Golden-eye Duck, 318
Goosander, 261
Goose, Snow, 562
Great American Egret, 600
—— Auk, 316
—— Cinereous Owl, 364
—— Northern Diver, 43
Green Heron, 274
Grous, Dusky, 446
—— Rock, 483
—— Sharp-tailed, 569
Grosbeak, Black-headed, 519
—— Evening, 515
—— Pine, 414
Guillemot, Little, 304
Gull, Black-headed, 519
—— Bonapartian, 212
—— Laughing, 118
Hawk, Black-shouldered, 367
—— Marsh, 396
—— Owl, 550
—— Sharp-shinned, 522
—— Slate-coloured, 522
Heron, Blue, 58
—— Green, 274
—— Yellow-crowned, 290
Himantopus nigricollis, 247
Hirundo riparia, 584
—— serripennis, 593
—— thalassina, 597
Humming Bird, Ruff-necked, 555
Ibis Falcinellus, 608
—— Glossy, 608
Iceland Falcon, 476
Jay, Steller’s, 453
—— Ultramarine, 456
Jer Falcon, 476
Knot, 130
Lapland Longspur, 472
Larus Atricilla, 118
—— Bonapartii, 212
Laughing Gull, 118
Least Petrel, 310
—— Tern, 175
—— Water Rail, 359
Lepus palustris, 510
Lesser Redpoll, 533
Little Guillemot, 304
—— Sandpiper, 180
Long-eared Owl, 572
Long-legged Sandpiper, 332
Longspur, Lapland, 472
Long-tailed Duck, 103
Loon, 43
Louisiana Tanager, 385
Loxia leucoptera, 467
Macgillivray’s Finch, 394
Magpie, Common, 408
—— Magpie, Yellow-billed, 450
Marsh Hare, 510
—— Hawk, 396
Martin, Sand, 584
Mergus Albellus, 350
—— Merganser, 261
Mocking Bird, Mountain, 487
Mountain Mocking Bird, 487
Muscicapa forficata, 426
—— Saya, 428
—— verticalis, 422
Northern Diver, 43
Nucifraga columbiana, 459
Nun, White, 350
Nutcracker, Clarke’s, 459
Owl, Great Cinereous, 364
—— Hawk, 550
—— Long-eared, 572
—— Tengmalm’s, 559
Parus atricapillus, 374
—— minimus, 382
—— rufescens, 371
Pelecanus Americanus, 88
Pelican, American, White, 88
—— White, 88
Petrel, Least, 310
Pied Duck, 271
Pigeon, Band-tailed, 479
Pine Grosbeak, 414
Plains, Cock of the, 503
Platalea Ajaja, 189
Plotus Anhinga, 136
Plover, American Ring, 256
—— Black-bellied, 280
—— Rocky mountain, 362
Purple Gallinule, 37
Rail, Least Water, 359
—— yellow-breasted, 251
Rallus noveboracensis, 251
—— jamaicensis, 359
Razor-billed Shearwater, 203
Recurvirostra americana, 168
Red-breasted Snipe, 285
Red-headed Duck, 198
Redpoll, Lesser, 533
Rhynchops nigra, 203
Ring-plover, American, 256
Rock Grous, 483
—— Wren, 443
Rocky Mountain Plover, 362
Roseate Spoonbill, 189
Rough-winged Swallow, 593
Ruddy Duck, 326
Ruff-necked Humming Bird, 555
Sand Martin, 584
Sandpiper, Ash-coloured, 130
—— Bartramian, 24
—— Little, 180
—— Long-legged, 332
—— Spotted, 81
Say’s Flycatcher, 428
Scarlet Tanager, 388
Scolopaceous Courlan, 543
Scolopax noveboracensis, 285
Sharp-shinned Hawk, 522
Sharp-tailed Grous, 569
Shear-water, Razor-billed, 203
Shoveller Duck, 241
Skimmer, Black, 203
Slate-coloured Hawk, 522
Smew, 350
Snake-bird, 136
Snipe, Red-breasted, 285
Snow Goose, 562
Spoonbill, Roseate, 189
Spotted Sandpiper, 81
Steller’s Jay, 453
Sterna Hirundo, 74
—— minuta, 175
Stilt, Black-necked, 247
Strepsilas Interpres, 31
Strix cinerea, 364
—— funerea, 550
—— Tengmalmi, 559
Sula bassana, 222
Surf Duck, 161
Swallow, Bank, 584
—— Rough-winged, 593
Swallow-tailed Flycatcher, 426
Swallow, violet-green, 597
Swan, Trumpeter, 536
Tanager, Louisiana, 385
—— Scarlet, 388
Tanagra ludoviciana, 385
—— rubra, 388
Tapaya orbicularis, 606
Tapayaxin, 607
Teal, Blue-winged, 111
Tengmalm’s Owl, 559
Tell-tale Godwit, 68
Tern, Common, 74
—— Least, 175
Tetrao obscurus, 446
—— Phasianellus, 569
—— rupestris, 483
—— Urophasianus, 503
Thalassidroma pelagica, 310
Thrush, Varied, 489
Titmouse, Black-cap, 374
—— Chestnut-backed, 371
—— Chestnut-crowned, 382
Totanus Bartramius, 24
—— macularius, 81
—— melanoleucus, 68
Tringa himantopus, 332
—— islandica, 130
—— pusilla, 180
Troglodytes hyemalis, 430
—— obsoletus, 443
Trochilus rufus, 555
Trumpeter Swan, 536
Turdus montanus, 487
—— nævius, 489
Turnstone, 31
Ultramarine Jay, 456
Uria Alle, 304
Varied Thrush, 489
Violet-green Swallow, 597
White Nun, 350
White-winged Crossbill, 467
Widgeon, American, 337
Winter Wren, 430
Wren, Rock, 443
—— Winter, 430
Yellow-billed Magpie, 450
Yellow-breasted Rail, 251
Yellow-crowned Heron, 290
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