"The Golden Oriole, Oriolus galbula, which breeds exceptionally in England, is orange-yellow, with black…
"Heteralocha acutirostris, the New Zealand Huia, the female has a remarkably long, curved bill, that…
"Drepanis pacifica, the Mamo, is black, with golden rump, upper and under tail-coverts, tibiae, and…
"Skeleton of the Limbs and Tail of a Carinate Bird. (The skeleton of the body is indicated by dotted…
"Hesperornis regalis, (a fossilized restoration) which stood about three feet high, had blunt teeth…
"Ichthyornis victor and I. dispar, ...were small forms of about the size of a Partridge, with the habits…
A line dove-tailed for dividing a field. "Escutcheons that have more than one tincture are divided by…
The spikes of the Crested Dog's Tail Grass (Cynosurus cristatus) are simple and its spikelets awnless.…
The spikes of the Crested Dog's Tail Grass (Cynosurus cristatus) are simple and its spikelets awnless.…
"Argent, a dragon proper, tail nowed. DRAGON.. An imaginary monster; a mixture of beast, bird, and reptile.…
The Lingula prima is a little bivalve shell belonging at the bottom of the class Brachiopoda. The inarticulate…
The Lingula antigua is a little bivalve shell belonging at the bottom of the class Brachiopoda. The…
Lancelet fish (Branchiostoma) is sometimes called amphioxus, the type of the class Leptocardii, is a…
Crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, which generally have a very short projecting…
Crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, which generally have a very short projecting…
Crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, which generally have a very short projecting…
The scale insects are small insects of the order Hemiptera, generally classified as the superfamily…
"Hesperornis regalis, (a fossilized restoration) which stood about three feet high, had blunt teeth…
"fig. 25 - Topography of a Bird. 1, forehead (frons). 2, lore. 3, circumocular region. 4, crown (vertex).…
"Fig. 23 - A feather from the tail of a kingbird, Tyrannus carolinensis, almost entirely pennaceous;…
"The Lyre-bird of Australia, Menura superba, to show the unique lyrate shape of the tail." "... the…
"Robin: Upper parts slate-color, with a shade of olive. Head black, the eyelids and a spot before the…
"Wood Thrush. Upper parts, including the surface of the closed wings, tawny-brown, purest and deepest…
"Mocking-Birds. Bill much shorter than head, scarcely curved as a whole, but with gently-curved commissure,…
"Cat-Bird. Slate-gray, paler and more grayish-plumbeous below; crown of head, tail, bill, and feet black.…
"Upper parts uniform rust-red, with a bronzy lustre. Concealed portions of quills fuscous. Greater the…
"Above, grayish-brown, nearly uniform; wing- coverts and quills with slight whitish edging, the edge…
"Bill shorter than head, comparatively stout at base, very acute at tip, the culmen quite convex, the…
"Upper parts uniform ashy-brown; wings and tail similar, but rather purer and darker brown, the former…
"No spots anywhere; wings and tail without decided barring or tipping. Bill as long as the head or longer,…
"Brownish-ash, with a faith olive shade, the wings and tail purer and darker fuscous, without white…
"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,…
The father of Reynard the Fox sweeps the dirt with his tail over the hole where he hides his newfound…
Reynard the Fox teaches Ereswine the wolf to fish with her tail. She fishes so long that her tail freezes…
"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…
"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.…
"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…
The Common Kusimanse (Crossarchus obscurus), also known as the Long-nosed Kusimanse, is a small, diurnal…