A group of vultures, three on the ground, eat their prey. Several vultures are approaching those already…
"Circus cyaneus hudsonius. American Marsh Hawk, Harrier. Blue hawk. Adult Male: In perfect plumage pale…
"Circinae. Harriers. Face surrounded with an incomplete ruff (as in most owls); orifice of ear about…
"Elanoides forficatus. Swallow-tailed Kite. Adult: Head, neck, band on rump, and entire under parts,…
Two Swallow-tail and One Mississippi Kite. "Ictinia subcaerulea. Mississippi Kite. General plumage plumbeous…
"Accipiter fuscus. Sharp-shinned Hawk. "Pigeon" Hawk. Above, dark plumbeous, slate-color, or bluish-gray,…
"Accipiter fuscus. Sharp-shinned Hawk. "Pigeon" Hawk. Above, dark plumbeous, slate-color, or bluish-gray,…
"Ideal plan of the double-ringed body of a vertebrate. N, neural canal; H, haemal canal; the body separating…
"Fig 55. - Actual section of the body in the thoracic region of a bird. N, neural canal; H, haemal canal;…
"Astur atricapillus. American Goshawk. Blue Hen Hawk (adult). Chicken Hawk (young). Adult: Above, dark…
"Falco mexicanus. American Lanner Falcon. Prairie Flacon. A medium-sized species, distinguished from…
"Falco mexicanus. American Lanner Falcon. Prairie Flacon. A medium-sized species, distinguished from…
"Falcons. Bill furnished with a sharp tooth and notch near the end of the cutting edge of the upper…
"Falco peregrinus. Peregrine Falcon. Duck Hawk. Great-footed Hawk. A medium-sized falcon, about as large…
"Falco peregrinus. Peregrine Falcon. Duck Hawk. Great-footed Hawk. A medium-sized falcon, about as large…
Falco tinnunculus. Common Kestral. This bird is a European bird of prey. Plumage on upperside, chestnut-brown…
"Falco sparverius. Rusty-crowned Falcon. Sparrow Hawk. Adults: Crown ashy-blue, with a chestnut patch,…
"Polyborus auduboni. Common Caracara. General color blackish, the throat, neck all around, and more…
"Buteo borealis. Red-tailed Buzzard. "Hen Hawk". Upper surface of tail rich chestnut, with white tip…
"Archibuteo lagopus sancti-johannis. American Rough-legged Buzzard. "Black Hawk" Adult: Too variable…
"Haliaetus leucocephalus. White-headed Sea Eagle. "Bald Eagle." "Bird of Washington". Adult: Dark brown;…
An Osprey catching a fish. "Pandion haliaetus. Fish Hawk. Osprey. Adult. dark vandyke- brown, blackening…
"Pseudogryphus californianus. California Condor. Adult: Blackish, the feathers with browner tips or…
The mesites (Mesitornithidae) are a family of birds of uncertain affinities. They are smallish, near…
"Cathartes aura. Turkey Buzzard. Blackih-brown, grayer on the wing-coverts; quills black, ashy-gray…
"Catharista atrata. Black Vulture. Carrion Crow. Adult: Entire plumage, including skin of head, and…
"Ectopistes migratorius. Passenger Pigeon. Wild Pigeon Adult: Upper parts, including head all around,…
"Meleagris gallipavo. Turkey. Upper tail-coverts chestnut, with paler or whitish tips; tail-feathers…
"Canace canadensis. Canada Grouse. Spotted Grouse. Spruce Grouse. Spruce "Partridge." Adult: Head smooth,…
"Pediaecetes phasianellus Columbianus. Common Sharp-tailed Grouse. Upper parts closely and pretty evenly…
"Details of Engyptila albifrons (White-fronted Dove); head and foot natural size; wing and tail reduced.
Columba palumbus. European Ring Dove. Wood Pigeon. Plumage is gray with a pinkish-purplish breast and…
"Starnaenas cyanocephala. Blue-headed Quail Dove. Crown rich blue bounded by black; a white stripe under…
"Cupidonia cupido. Pinnated Grouse. Prairie Hen. Above, variegated with black, brown, tawny, or ochrey,…
"Cupidonia. Tarsi scant-feathered to the toes in front and on sides, bare on a strip behind; toes extensively…
"Bonasa umbella. Ruffed Grouse. "Partridge;" "Pheasant;" Above, variegate reddish- or grayish-brown,…
"Lagopus albus. Willow Grouse. Willow Ptarmigan. Bill very stout and convex, its depth at base as the…
"Lagopus albus. Willow Grouse. Willow Ptarmigan. Bill very stout and convex, its depth at base as the…
"Lagopus leucurus. White-tailed Ptarmigan. Rocky Mountain Snow Grouse. Male and Female in winter: Entirely…
"Coturnix. Bill smaller and much slenderer than that of any of the foregoing genera of Odontophorinae;…
"Ortyx. Quail. Outstretched feet reaching beyond end of tail. Bill black or blackish-brown. " Elliot…
"Ortyx virginiana. Virginia Partridge or "Quail". Bobwhite. Male: Forehead, superciliary line, and throat,…
"Ortyx virginiana. Virginia Partridge or "Quail". Bobwhite. Male: Forehead, superciliary line, and throat,…
"Bonasa umbella. Ruffed Grouse. "Partridge;" "Pheasant;" Above, variegate reddish- or grayish-brown,…
"Fig 64 - Skull of chick, fifth day of incubation, x 9 diameters. Seen from above, the membranous roof…
"Skull of a chick, but seen from below. cv1, anterior cerebral vesicle; e, eye; m, mouth; pts, pituitary…
"Fig 66 - Head of a chick, second stage, after five days of incubation, section in profile; x6 diameters.…
"Orortyx picta. Plumed Partridge. Mountain Quail. Back, wings and tail olive-brown, the inner secondaries…
"Lophortyx gambeli. Gambel's Partridge. Arizona Quail. Male: Without white loral line; forehead black…
"Lophortyx californica. Californian Partridge. Valley Quail. Male: With a small white line from bill…
"Cyrtonyx massena. Massena Partridge. Male: Upper parts intimately waved with black and reddish-brown…
"Coturnix dactylisonans. Messina Quail. Migratory Quail. Common Quail of Europe. Upper parts variegated…
"Squatarola helvetica. Swiss Plover. Black-bellied Plover. Bull-head Plover. Whistling Field Plover.…
"Squatarola. Four-toed Plover. A small but distinct hind toe, contrary to the rule in this family. Tail…
English Pheasant. Common Pheasant. Phasianus colchicus. Adult plumage: Maroon breast, orangey flanks,…
"Lagapus. The densely-feathered feet resemble those of rabbits. No particular feathers on head or neck.…
"The glareoles (Glareolidae) are a remarkable Old World form, like long-legged swallows, wth a cuckoo's…
"Charadrius dominicus. American Golden Plover. Field Plover. Bull-head Plover. Upper parts black, everywhere…
"Aegialites vociferus. Kildeer Plover. Above, grayish-brown, with an olive shade, and in high plumage…
"Haematopus. Oyster-catcher. Bill peculiar - longer than tarsus, twice as long as head, constricted…