"Haematopus ostrilegus. European Oyster-catcher. (oyster-opener would b a better name, as oysters do…
"Strepsilas interpres. Turnstone. Brant Bird. Calico-back. Pied above with black, white, brown, and…
"Another small family, characterized by the extreme length of the slender legs, and the extreme slenderness…
"Recurvirostra. Avocets. Bell slender, more or less recurved, then the upper mandible hooked at the…
"Himantopus. Stilts. Bill extremely slender, but not flattened, nor turned up, nor hooked; longer than…
"Stilt. Long-shanks. Lawyer. Adult. Mantle, constituted by the interscapulars, scapulars, and wings…
"Steganopus wilsoni. Wilson's Phalarope. Bill and feet black. Crown of head pale ash, passing into white…
"Gallinago media. European Snipe. English Snipe. In size, form, and general coloration indistinguishable…
"Gallinago wilsoni. American Snipe. Wilson's Snipe. "English" Snipe. Jack-Snipe. Crown black, with a…
"Philohela minor. Woodcock. Bog-sucker. Colors above harmoniously blended and varied black, brown, gray,…
"Gallinago wilsoni. American Snipe. Wilson's Snipe. "English" Snipe. Jack-Snipe. Crown black, with a…
"Philohela minor. Woodcock. Bog-sucker. Colors above harmoniously blended and varied black, brown, gray,…
"Philohela. American Woodcock. First three primaries emarginate, attenuate and falcate, abruptly shorter…
"Gallinago wilsoni. American Snipe. Wilson's Snipe. "English" Snipe. Jack-Snipe. Crown black, with a…
"Macrorhamphus griseus. Red-breasted Snipe. Gray Snipe. Brown-back. Dowitcher. In summer:Under parts…
"Micropalama himantopus. Stilt Sandpiper. In summer: blackish, each feather edged and tipped with white…
"The post-oral arches of the house martin, at middle of period of incubation, lateral view, X14 diameters.…
"Skull of chick, second stage, in profile, brain and membranes removed to show cartilaginous formations,…
"Skull of chick, third stage, viewed from below, x6 & 2/3 diameters. pn, prenasal cartilage, running…
"Calidris arenaria. Sanderling. Ruddy "Plover". Adult in summer: Entire upper parts and neck all round…
"Eurynorhynchus pygmaeus. Spoon-billed Sandpiper. General appearance of a stint, and size little greater.…
"Limosa fedoa. Great Marbled Godwit. Marlin. Feathers not extending on side of lower mandible to a point…
"Symphemia semipalmata. Semipalmated Tattler. Willet. Adult in summer: Upper parts ashy, confoundedly…
"Symphemia semipalmata. Semipalmated Tattler. Willet. Adult in summer: Upper parts ashy, confoundedly…
"Totanus melanoleucus. Greater Tell-tale. Greater Yellow-shanks. Long-legged Tattler. Stone-snipe. Bill…
"Rhyacophilus solitarius. Solitary Tattler. American Green Sandpiper. Solitary Sandpiper. Above, dark…
"Tringoides macularius. Spotted Sandpiper. Above, silken ashen-olive (quaker-color- as in our cuckoos)…
"Machetes pugnax. Ruff. Reeve. Combatant. Gambetta. Varied above with black, brown, buff and chestnut,…
"Tryngites rufescens. Buff-breasted Sandpiper. Above, brownish-black with a greenish gloss, every feather…
"Numenius longirostris. Long-billed Curlew. Sickle-bill. Plumage very similar to that of the Godwit,…
"Numenius hudsonicus. Hudsonian Curlew Jack Curlew. General tone of coloration scarcely rufous, the…
"Botaurus. Bittern. Bill moderately longer than head, shorter than tarsus, which is shorter than middle…
"European Spoonbill. Platalea leucorodia. Bill long, flat, remarkably widened, rounded, and spoon-shaped…
"Numenius arquatus. Eurasian Curlew. European Curlew. Bill of very variably length, always longer than…
"Tantalops loculator. American Wood Stork. Wood Ibis. Colorado Turkey. Plumage white, the wing-quills,…
"Ardea. Great Herons. Of largest size, former well feathered all around. Tibia extensively denuded below.…
"Ardea herodias. Great Blue Heron. Of large size, and varied dark colors, not dichromatic. Back without…
"Herodias. Great Egret Heron. Character of Ardea proper, excepting in plumage; color white; no crest;…
"Garzetta. Small Egret Herons. Color white; and occipital crest, and short recurved train of stiff-shafted…
"Nyctiardea grisea naevia. Black-crowned Night Heron. Qua-bird. Squawk. Crown, scapulars and interscapulars…
"Botaurus. Bittern. Bill moderately longer than head, shorter than tarsus, which is shorter than middle…
"Botaurus mugitans. American Bittern. Indian Hen. Stake-driver. Bog-Bull. Plumage of the upper parts…
"Parra. Jacanas. Bill plover-like, contracted in continuity, enlarged terminally; with culmen depressed…
"Porzana carolina. Carolina Crake. Common Rail. "ortolan." Above, olive-brown, varied with black, with…
"Porzana carolina. Carolina Crake. Common Rail. "ortolan." Above, olive-brown, varied with black, with…
"Rallus longirostris crepitans. Clapper Rail. Salt-water Marsh-hen. Mud-hen. Above, variegated with…
"Gallinula. Gallinules. Water Hens. Mud Hens. Bill not longer than head, stout at base, tapering, compressed,…
"Fulicia. Coot. Bill and frontal plate much as in the Gallinultes. Body depressed; the under plumage…
"Phoinikopteros ruber. American Red Flamingo. Adult: Plumage scarlet, the primaries and most of the…
"Anus boscas. Mallard. Wild or Domestic Duck. Green-head. Bill greenish-yellow. Feet orange-red. Iris…
"Anus boscas. Mallard. Wild or Domestic Duck. Green-head. Bill greenish-yellow. Feet orange-red. Iris…
"Cygynus. White Swans. Neck of extreme length. Trachea normally entering sternum. Bill tuberculate or…
"Cygnus columbianus. Common American Swan. Whistling Swan. Bill with a yellow spot or blotch in front…
"Bernicla nigricans. Black Brant. Bill, feet, and claws black; iris brown. Head and neck all around,…
"Bernicla nigricans. Black Brant. Bill, feet, and claws black; iris brown. Head and neck all around,…
"Philacte canagica. Painted Goose. Emperor Goose. Wavy bluish-gray, with lavender or lilac tinting,…
"Bernicla brenta. Brant Goose. Bill, feet, and claws black; iris brown. Head and neck all around, and…
"Bernicla canadensis. Canada Goose. Common Wild Goose. Tail normally 18-feathered. Bill, feet, head,…
"Dafila. Pin-tail Ducks. Tail (in adult male) narrow, cuneate, when fully developed nearly as long as…
"Dafila acuta. Pin-tail Duck. Sprig-tail. Bill black, with grayish-blue edge of upper mandible; feet…