152 illustrations of birds including: tailor bird, tamatia, tanager, teal, tern, thasher, thrush, titmouse, tock, tody, toucan, touraco, trogon, turkey, turnstone, umbrella bird, versicolor, vireo, and vulture
The Tropic Bird " are chiefly found in the tropical regions of the south; ... this species breeds as…
A genus of birds belonging to the finch family. They are native to the warmer regions of America.
The Texas Sparrow or Green Finch (Embernagra rufovirgata) is a finch-like tanager of the Embernagra…
"Rhamphocoelus brasilius, the Brazilian Tanager, ...are chiefly small in size; the sexes are commonly…
The scarlet tanager (also known as the black-winged summer redbird, or fire bird) feeds on insects,…
"Querquedula (N.) carolinensis. American Green-winged Teal. Bill black; feet bluish-gray: iris brown.…
Common throughout Europe, the English teal is accidental to the East coast of the United States.
This duck is beautifully colored and resembles a mallard. Its wings have an emerald green patch upon…
These birds are remarkable for their buoyant, graceful, easy flight, and the soft loose texture of their…
"Sterna aleutica. Aleutian Tern. Bill of ordinary shape, as in hirundo, macrura, etc., entirely black.…
"Sterna (T.) caspia. Caspian Tern. Imperial Tern. Bill dark vermilion red, growing and somewhat "diaphanous"…
Sterna fluviatilis, the Common Tern, occupying the coasts and inland waters of Europe, temperate Asia,…
"Sterna (T.) elegans. Elegant Tern. Princely Tern. Bill bright red, salmon-colored toward tip. Feet…
The Gull-Billed Tern (Gelochelidon nilotica) is a bird in the Sternidae family of seabirds. It was formerly…
"Sterna dougalli. Roseate Tern. Paradise Tern. Bill about as long as head or foot, straight, slender,…
"Sterna (T.) maxima. Cayenne Tern. Royal Tern. Adult in summer: Pileum glossy greenish-black, not extending…
"Sterna (T.) cantiaca. Sandwich Tern. Ducal Tern. Bill black, the tip 1/2 to 3/4 an inch bright yellow,…
"They feed on honey extracted from flowers and the sap from the sugar-cane, the juice of which they…
"Bill shorter than head, comparatively stout at base, very acute at tip, the culmen quite convex, the…
"Above, grayish-brown, nearly uniform; wing- coverts and quills with slight whitish edging, the edge…
The Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum) is a species of thrasher, part of a family of New World birds (Mimidae)…
"Upper parts uniform rust-red, with a bronzy lustre. Concealed portions of quills fuscous. Greater the…
"No spots anywhere; wings and tail without decided barring or tipping. Bill as long as the head or longer,…
"Brownish-ash, with a faith olive shade, the wings and tail purer and darker fuscous, without white…
"Upper parts uniform ashy-brown; wings and tail similar, but rather purer and darker brown, the former…
The thrush flies indifferently, but in running and hopping they are very nimble.(Figuier, 1869).
A genus of birds common to all the continents and most of the islands. They embrace a great variety…
"Timelia maculata, the Babbling Thrush, sexes are commonly alike, the plain rufous coloration being…
The fieldfare (Turdus pilaris) is a bird in the Turdidae family of thrushes.
Also known as White's thrush, the golden thrush is native to Japan and Savabut migrates to Southern…
"Turdus viscivorus, Mistletoe Thrush, the coloration is ordinarily plain black or brown, more or less…
The red-wing thrush migrates from the north to the south of Europe in the winter, feeding on worms and…
Inhabiting the higher reaches of Southern Europe, the rock thrush descends to lower altitudes during…
The song thrush has enjoyed great reputation, not for its vocal powers, but for the deliacy of its flesh...…
"Thrush, in ornithology, is the name for any of the Turdidæ. They are universally distributed,…
The New York Waterthrush (Seiurus naevius) is a passerine bird of the New World warblers.
The Veery, Catharus fuscescens, is a small thrush species. It is occasionally called Willow Thrush or…
The Wood Thrush, Hylocichla mustelina, is a North American passerine bird. It is closely related to…
"Wood Thrush. Upper parts, including the surface of the closed wings, tawny-brown, purest and deepest…
"Tinamou is the name given to a genus and family of birds occurring in South America, and allied in…
A large bird with varigated plumage, short soft tail feathers, well developed hind toe and long bill.
"Rhynchotus rufescens,... is grey-brown, with blacker crown, rufous cheeks, neck, and breast, and chestnut…
The tits, chickadees, and titmice comprise Paridae, a large family of small passerine birds which occur…