"Bill shorter that head, slender and compressed throughout, higher that broad at the nostrils, about…
"Adult, in summer: Slaty-plumbeous, paler below, inclining on the head to sooty-brown. Quills and tail-feathers…
Wheatear male has a bluish-gray back, black patch on ear, a white rump and sides of tail, and black…
"Bill shorter than head, slender, straight, depressed at base, compressed at end, notched. Wings long,…
"in full plumage: Rich azure-blue, the ends of the wing-quills blackish; throat, breast, and sides of…
The Pinyon Jay (Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus) is a bird in the Corvidae family of oscine passerine birds.…
The Australian Magpie (Cracticus tibicen) is a bird in the Artamidae family of crow-like birds. It was…
The Bearded Vulture (Gypaetus barbatus) is a large bird in the Accipitridae family of birds of prey.
The Palm-Nut Vulture (Gypohierax angolensis) is a large bird in the Accipitridae family of birds of…
This richly decorated bird bath features four sculpted birds perched along the top. The basin itself…
A panel for a fireplace that is ornately designed. It features flowers and vines, faces and birds. The…
This table-top is made from the marble of Derbyshire, England. It also is made out of lapis lazuli a…
This toilet mirror is made out of silver and includes six branches of candle holders. The style is a…
This vase is designed with birds. It is footed and has a wide body and a narrow neck that flares out…
This brooch is designed in a Renaissance style with a figure in the center and a bird on each side.
This canopy is made out of carved wood in a design of spikes, leaf scrolls and two birds at the base.…
This flower stand has a design on its column of two birds with lowered heads. The top is richly decorated…
Reynard the Fox pretending to be dead so he can catch Corbaut and Sharpbeak, the crows.
"Upper parts olive-green, more or less bright, sometimes rather olive-ashy, always brightest on the…
"Grayish-blue, bluer on the crown, hoary on the rump, the forehead black, continuous with a black superciliary…
"- a, head of a (Polioptila nigriceps) Black-capped Gnat-catcher. b, head of a(Polioptila caerulea)…
"Head not crested. Wings and tail rounded, of approximately equal lengths, and about as long as the…
"Entire upper parts ashy, the back usually with a slight olivaceous shade, the wings and tail rather…
"Upper parts olivaceous-ash, wings and tail darker, edged with the color of the back, or even a brighter…
"Figure shows Scutellate laminiplanter tarsus of a cat-bird. A tarsus so disposed as to its podotheca…
"Fig 38 a, Reticulate tarsus of a Plover. b, Scutellate and reticulate tarsus of a pigeon." Elliot Coues,…
"Fig. 39 shows a Tridactyle foot of a sanderling, Calidris arenaria." Elliot Coues, 1884
"Fig 34 - Bones of a bird's hind limb: from a duck, Clangula islandica. A, hip: B, knee: C, heel or…
"Crown and nape, with chin and throat, black, separated by white sides of the head. Upper parts brownish-ash,…
"Upper part ashy-gray, with scarcely a shade, and only on the rump, under parts similarly grayish-white,…
"Dull lead-color, frequently with a brownish or olivaceous shade, the top of the head abruptly darker…
"Crown clear hair-brown; a white spot on nape; middle tail-feathers plain." Elliot Coues, 1884.
"Upper parts, central tail-feathers, and much edging of the wings, clear ashy-blue; whole crown, nape,…
"Upper parts leaden-blue the central tail-feathers the same; wings fuscous, with slight ashy edgings…
"No black cap or white stripe on head. Upper parts dull ashy-blue; under parts sordid or muddy whitish.…
"Fig. Typical passerine feet. The right hand fig. is plectrophanes lapponicus." Elliot Coues, 1884
"Fig. 44- Syndactyle foot of a kingfisher. Thus a kingfisher shows what is called a syndactyle or syngnesious…
"Fig. 45.- Zygodactyle foot of a woodpecker, Hylotomus pileatus. The zygodactyle or yoke-toed modification…
"Fig. 46. - Raptorial foot of a hawk, Accipiter cooperi. The raptorial is another modification of the…
"Fig. 47. - Raptorial foot of an owl, The raptorial is another modification of the insessorial foot.…
"Common Brown Creeper. Upper parts dark brown, changing to rusty-brown on the rump, everywhere streaked…
"European Wren. Feet strictly laminiplanter, as usual in Oscines. Tail thin, with narrow parallel-edged…
"Upper parts pale brownish-gray, minutely dotted with blackish and whitish points together, and usually…
"Carolina Wren. Upper parts uniform reddish-brown, brightest on the rump, where are concealed whitish…
"Winter Wren. Above brown, darker before, brighter behind, most of back, together with tail and inner…
"Long-billed Marsh Wren. T. palustris. Above clear brown, unbarred, the middle of the back with a large…
"Short-billed Marsh Wren. Cistothorus platensis. Upper parts brown, the crown and most of the back blackish,…
"Shore Lark or Horned Lark. Upper parts in general pinkish-brown, this pinkish or vinaceous or liliaceous…
"Shore Lark or Horned Lark. Upper parts in general pinkish-brown, this pinkish or vinaceous or liliaceous…
An illustration of a full page border with birds on power lines.
Macaws are small to large, often colorful New World parrots. Macaws are native to Mexico, Central America,…
"Sky-Lark. Upper parts grayish-brown, the feathers with darker centers; under parts whitish, tinged…
A (Motacilla alba) or White Wagtail (upper) and a (Motacilla flava) Yellow Wagtail (lower) sitting on…
"The Yellow Wagtail or Motilla flava has characters of the Motacilla alva; tail shorter, not exceeding…
"Meadow Pipit or Anthus pratensis. Upper parts greenish-brown distinctly marked with blackish-brown…
"Black Throated Green Warbler or Dendroica virens. Back and crown clear yellow-olive; forehead, superciliary…