Stone Chats

“Bill shorter than head, slender, straight, depressed at base, compressed at end, notched. Wings long, pointed, the tip formed by the 2d-4th quills, the 1st spurious, scarcely or not one-fourth as long as the 2d. Tail much shorter than wing, square. Tarsi booted, but with 4 scutella below in front; long and slender, much exceeding the middle toe and claw; lateral toes of about equal lengths, very short, the tips of their claws not reaching the base of the middle claw; claws little curved; feet thus adapted to terrestrial habits.” Elliot Coues, 1884

Keywords

birds, ornithology, insectivorous, Old World birds, passerine birds, bird sketch, Stone-Chat, stonechats, chats, Saxicola rubicla

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Birds: C

Source

Elliot Coues Key to North American Birds (Boston, MA: Estes and Lauriat, 1884)

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