The meadowlark does not travel in flocks. It eats grains and is characterized by a dark band cross its…
"Mergus merganser. Merganser. Goosander. Nostrils near middle of bill. Frontal feathers extending acutely…
"Mergus serrator. Red-breasted Merganser. Nostrils near base of bill. Frontal feathers extending obtusely…
The mesites (Mesitornithidae) are a family of birds of uncertain affinities. They are smallish, near…
This toilet mirror is made out of silver and includes six branches of candle holders. The style is a…
A singing-bird of North America remarkable for its exact imitations of the notes of other birds.
"Mocking-Birds. Bill much shorter than head, scarcely curved as a whole, but with gently-curved commissure,…
The Momots are birds still very imperfectly known. They are placed by systematists near the Toucans…
"Momotus brasiliensis, the Motmot, from Guiana to Northern Brazil, is somewhat similar in colour (to…
"Synthliborhamphus antiquus. Nipper-nosed Murrelet. Bill somewhat as in Brachyrhamphus, but stouter…
"Synthliborhamphus umizusume. Japanese Murrelet. Temminck's Auk. Bill more elongate and acute than in…
"Brachyrhamphus craverii. Craveri's Murrelet. Entire upper parts unvararied cinereous, slightly darker…
"Lomvia troile. Common Guillemot, or Murre. Adult in summer: Head and neck all around rich dark maroon…
Nandu or "Rhea Americana, the so-called American Ostrich... is found from Bolivia Paraguay, and South…
"Chordediles poptue. Night-hawk. Bull-bat. Above, mottled with black, brown, gray and tawny, the former…
"Chordediles poptue. Night-hawk. Bull-bat. Above, mottled with black, brown, gray and tawny, the former…
An American insect-catching bird related to the whip-poor-will, a member of the goatsucker family.
The nighthawk is fit for catching insects on the wing by their very wide mouth, the gape extended far…
Nightingale, a bird famous on account of its brilliant song, which for quality and variety is not exceeded…
Nightingale, a bird famous on account of its brilliant song, which for quality and variety is not exceeded…
"In the first rank of the Warblers stands the Nightingale, celebrated all over the world for its song,…
"Picicorvus. American Nutcracker. General characteristics of the European Nucifraga. Bill slenderer,…
"The colours in Sitta caesia, (Nuthatch) which ranges over nearly all the Palaearctic and Indian Regions,…
"No black cap or white stripe on head. Upper parts dull ashy-blue; under parts sordid or muddy whitish.…
"Crown clear hair-brown; a white spot on nape; middle tail-feathers plain." Elliot Coues, 1884.
"Upper parts leaden-blue the central tail-feathers the same; wings fuscous, with slight ashy edgings…
Nightingale, a small creeping bird seen running up and down the trunks of trees, getting its name from…
"Upper parts, central tail-feathers, and much edging of the wings, clear ashy-blue; whole crown, nape,…
"Uro-genital organs of female embryo bird; from Owen, after Muller. a, kidneys: b, wolffian bodies;…
"Uro-genital organs of male embryo bird; from Owen, after Muller. a, kidneys: b, ureters; c, wolffian…
"Uro-genital organs of female embryo bird; from Owen, after Muller. a, testis; b, epididymis; c, sperm-duct…
"Female organs of domestic fowl, in activity; from Owen, after Carus. a, b, c, d, mass of ovarian ova,…
"Resipratory and vocal organs of the Rook, Corvus frugilegusm an Oscine Passerine bird; 1 a, tongue;…
icterus baltimore, Baltimore Oriole, are glossy black, with yellow, bay, or orange patches-especially…
"The Golden Oriole, Oriolus galbula, which breeds exceptionally in England, is orange-yellow, with black…
An Osprey catching a fish. "Pandion haliaetus. Fish Hawk. Osprey. Adult. dark vandyke- brown, blackening…
This south American ostrich can not fly, the wings being small; but it is a swift runner, equaling a…
A large bird, nearly ten feet high, having a long neck, stout long legs, with only two toes, and short…
"Struthio camelus, the Ostrich or "Camel-bird" of North Africa now extends from Barbary to Arabia, and…
"Dromaeognathous skull of ostrich, nat. size specimen no. 16,629, U.S. Nat Museum, by Dr. R. W. Shufeldt,…
"Golden-crowned Wagtail Warbler. Golden-crowned Accentor. Golden-crowned Thrush. Oven-bird. Seiurus…
"Meroblastic ovum (yelk) of domestic fowl, bat. size, in section; after haeckel. a, the thin yelk-skin,…