"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…
"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…
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"Himantopus. Stilts. Bill extremely slender, but not flattened, nor turned up, nor hooked; longer than…
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"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…
"Philohela. American Woodcock. First three primaries emarginate, attenuate and falcate, abruptly shorter…
"Macrorhamphus griseus. Red-breasted Snipe. Gray Snipe. Brown-back. Dowitcher. In summer:Under parts…
"The post-oral arches of the house martin, at middle of period of incubation, lateral view, X14 diameters.…
"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.…
"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)…
"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…
"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…
"Botaurus. Bittern. Bill moderately longer than head, shorter than tarsus, which is shorter than middle…
"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…
"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…
"Mareca americana. American Wigeon. Bald-pate. Bill grayish-blue, with black tip and extreme base; feet…
"Querquedula (N.) carolinensis. American Green-winged Teal. Bill black; feet bluish-gray: iris brown.…
"Spatula clypeata. Shoveller Duck. Broad-bill. Bill blackish; iris orange-red: feet vermilion-red. Head…
"Aix sponsa. Wood Duck. Summer Duck. "The Bride." Adult Male: Bill pinkish-white, with lake-red base,…
"Fuligula vallisneria. Canvas-back. Adult male: The head close-feathered. Bill high at the base and…
"Fuligula vallisneria. Canvas-back. Adult male: The head close-feathered. Bill high at the base and…
"Fuligula vallisneria. Canvas-back. Adult male: The head close-feathered. Bill high at the base and…
"Fuligula ferina americana. Red-head. American Pochard. The feathers of the head somewhat full and puffy,…
"Fuligula ferina americana. Red-head. American Pochard. The feathers of the head somewhat full and puffy,…
"Fuligula ferina americana. Red-head. American Pochard. The feathers of the head somewhat full and puffy,…
"Clangula albeola. Buffle-head. Butter-ball. spirit-duck. Dipper. Bill with nostrils rather behind than…
"Camptolaemus labradorius. Labrador Duck. Pied Duck. Adult male: Bill black with orange at base and…
"Somateria fischeri. Spectacled Eider. Bill (in both sexes) peculiar in the extension upon it of dense…
"Somateria mollissima. European Eider Duck. Bill with lateral frontal process extending on each side…
"Oidemia americana. American Black Scoter. Sea Coot. Adult male: Plumage entirely black, less glossy…
"Oidemia perspicillata. Surf Duck. Sea Coot. Adult male: Bill as above, singularly variegated in color,…
"Oidemia perspicillata trowbridgii. Trowbridge's Surf Duck, With the bill longer, exceeding the head,…
"Mergus merganser. Merganser. Goosander. Nostrils near middle of bill. Frontal feathers extending acutely…