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Table of Contents:
III. Glossary of Technical Terms 535[TN: was "533"]
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_Speotyto cunicularia_, var. _hypogæa_[TN: was "hypugæa"], before
mentioned.
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.60[TN: added decimal point]; tarsus, 1.75; middle toe, 1.20.
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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,
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contrasting[TN: was "contracting"] the lighter spots.
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basally. Wing-formula,[TN: was a period] 3=4; 5, 2–6;
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tail, 9.00[TN: added decimal point]; culmen, 1.20; tarsus, 2.20;
middle toe, 2.10.
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_Nyctea scandiaca.[TN: added period]_
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It is[TN: omitted comma] probable that it is occasional in Southern
California
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437. Spheotyto hypogæa.[TN: was "hypugæo"] Natural size.
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437. Spheotyto hypogæa.[TN: was "hypgæa"] Natural size.
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437. Spheotyto hypogæa.[TN: was "hypgæa"] Natural size.
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437. Spheotyto hypogæa.[TN: was "hypugæa"]
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_Sex._[TN: added "Sex" heading to match the other tables]
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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]
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coast region[TN: omitted extraneous parenthesis]; var. _isabellinus_,
Swains.,
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=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]
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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.
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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]
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_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;
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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.
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=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]
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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"]
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Maryland Yellow-throat,[TN: was a period] I. 297.
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mexicanus, III.[TN: was a comma] 231.
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Bæolophus[TN: was "Bœolophus"], I. 86, 87.
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cinnamominus[TN: was "cinnamoninus"], III. 168.
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hæmorrhoidalis[TN: was "hœmorrhoidalis"], III. 130.
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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."]
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III. 366,[TN: was "II."]
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III. 363,[TN: was "II."]
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III. 368,[TN: was "II."]
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leucurus[TN: was "reucurus"] (_summer_),
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III. 398,[TN: was "II."]
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megarhyncha,[TN: was "megarrhyncha"]