A genus of birds that includes about 150 species, whih are distributed throughout the world. They include…
A genus of American birds, which are native to a region extending from Canada to Bolivia. About a dozen…
The name applied to several species of birds of the warbler family, which are native to Europe. they…
A species of crow. It differs from other birds of the crow family in having a naked spot at the base…
A genus of wading birds allied to the sandpiper. They are found widely distributed in the northern parts…
A class of wading birds of the snipe family, which are widely diffused in the northern hemisphere. Birds…
An extensive group of wading birds of the snipe family. They are found in large numbers in swampy regions,…
A class of wading birds native to South America. In habits they resemble somewhat the duck, but do not…
"A prophetic birds eye view of Ruhleben Prison Camp when the war ends."-1916; Drawing by Hobart Egremont,…
The tinamous as a genus of birds: so called from the extreme shortness of the tail, the rectrices or…
A genus of rapacious birds native to Africa and the Philippine Islands. They are so named from the fanciful…
A genus of birds of the insessorial family, and widely distributed in America, Eurasia, and other continents.…
A genus of wading birds. They are common to America and Eurasia, and mostly frequent the regions along…
A genus of birds of the finch family, which are widely distributed in the United States and Europe.…
A genus of wading birds of the heron family, and having a resemblance to the stork and the ibis.
A species of wading birds. It is so called because its legs, in proportion to the size of the body,…
An extensive genus of birds found in all parts of the world. They are distinguished by a short, depressed…
A genus of web-footed birds of the duck family. They are among the largest and most beautiful of aquatic…
A genus of birds of the warbler family, and so named from their habit of sewing leaves of cotton or…
A genus of birds belonging to the finch family. They are native to the warmer regions of America.
A genus of birds common to all the continents and most of the islands. They embrace a great variety…
A class of climbing birds native to tropical America. they are noted for their immense beak, which is…
A family of insect-catching birds. They are restricted to the American continent and range from Canada…
The name applied to a family of perching birds, most of which are shy, small, and active, and have a…
A class of birds native to the United States and Europe, and so named from the secondary wing feathers…
The name of several birds commonly classed in the same genus as the snipes, but having a more bulky…
A genus of birds belonging to the climbers, and so called from their habit of pecking into trees in…
The common name of several kinds of small birds related to the warblers. Most species are native to…
A group of long-legged wading birds. They have long downcurved bills, and usually feed as a group, probing…
Large colorful New World parrots. They are the largest birds in the parrot family in length and wingspan.
A group of birds with rich colored plumage, slender bodies and usually elongated central tail feathers.
"A long-winged water-bird with webbed feet, inhabiting all parts of the world. The group to which gulls…
"A long-winged water-bird with webbed feet, inhabiting all parts of the world. The group to which gulls…
"A long-winged water-bird with webbed feet, inhabiting all parts of the world. The group to which gulls…
"A long-winged water-bird with webbed feet, inhabiting all parts of the world. The group to which gulls…
"A long-winged water-bird with webbed feet, inhabiting all parts of the world. The group to which gulls…
"Footprints resembling those birds are found on red argillaceous sandstones in the valley of Connecticut…
"A genus of insects, the type of a very numerous family, which forms the order Parasita or Auoplura.…
Birds with pigeon like heads and necks. their body is compact and sturdy. Has a leathery down on their…
"A digitigrade carnivorous mammal of the cat kind, peculiar to the American continent. It attains a…
These singular birds have an erect compressed semicircular crest and the plumage of the male ranging…
Brocade woven in red and olive green silks and gold thread on a cream-coloured ground. Along the top…