"Sky-Lark. Upper parts grayish-brown, the feathers with darker centers; under parts whitish, tinged…
The snipe does not live so solitary a life as the Woodcock; it is occasionally seen in flocks.
"Macrorhamphus griseus. Red-breasted Snipe. Gray Snipe. Brown-back. Dowitcher. In summer:Under parts…
"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…
"Gallinago wilsoni. American Snipe. Wilson's Snipe. "English" Snipe. Jack-Snipe. Crown black, with a…
"Gallinago wilsoni. American Snipe. Wilson's Snipe. "English" Snipe. Jack-Snipe. Crown black, with a…
"Junco hiemalis. Eastern Snow-bird. Black Snow-bird. Blackish-ash, below abruptly pure white from the…
"Melospiza fasciata. Song Sparrow. Silver-tongue. Below, white, slightly shaded with brownish on the…
"Ammodramus. Seaside Sparrow. Bill remarkably slender and lengthened for this family, with culmen toward…
"Spizella domestica. Chipping Sparrow. Chipping Bird or Chippy. Hair-bird. Bill black; feet pale; crown…
"Zonotrichia leucophrys. White-browned Crown Sparrow. Crown pure white, enclosing on either side a broad…
"Zonotrichia albicollis. White-throated Crown Sparrow. Peabody-bird. Crown black divided by a median…
"Exotic Sparrow's - lowest pair - Passer domesticus (The Sparrow. Philip Sparrow. House Sparrow.) above…
"Fig. 30., Feathers of a sparrow's wing. pc, covers of the primaries; msc, median upper secondary coverts;…
"Passerculs bairdi. Baird's Savanna Sparrow. Inner secondaries less elongated, rarely equaling the primaries…
"Amphispiza bilineata. Black-throated Sparrow. Black-faced Sage Sparrow. face, chin, and throat sharply…
"Spizella domestica. Chipping Sparrow. Chipping Bird or Chippy. Hair-bird. Bill black; feet pale; crown…
"Passercules s. savana. Common Savanna Sparrow. Thickly streaked everywhere above, on sides, and across…
"Passerella iliaca. Eastern Fox Sparrow. General color above ferrugineous or rusty-red, purest and brightest…
"Chondestes grammica. Lark Sparrow. Lark Finch. Head variegated with chestnut, black, and white; crown…
"Melospiza lincolni. Lincoln's Song Sparrow. Below, white, with a broad brownish-yellow belt across…
The Swamp Sparrow, Melospiza georgiana, is a medium-sized sparrow. Adults have streaked rusty and black…
"Melospiza palustris. Swamp Song Sparrow. Crown bright chestnut, blackening on forehead, the red cap…
The Tree Sparrow, Passer montanus, breeds over most of Europe and Siberia, and allied forms occur in…
The Vesper Sparrow, Pooecetes gramineus, is a medium-sized sparrow. It is the only member of the genus…
"Zonotrichia leucophrys. White-browned Crown Sparrow. Crown pure white, enclosing on either side a broad…
The White-throated Sparrow, Zonotrichia albicollis, is a passerine bird of the American sparrow family…
"Zonotrichia albicollis. White-throated Crown Sparrow. Peabody-bird. Crown black divided by a median…
"Coturniculus passerinus. Yellow-winged Sparrow. Quail Sparrow. Grasshopper Sparrow. Edge of wing conspicuously…
"Muscles of a bird (accipiter nisus), after Carus, Tab. Anat. Comp., 1828, pl. 4. a, pharynx; b, trachea;…
"Lively, pert and cunning, it is the true gamin of the winged race. They are very sociable, seeking…
The bill of the spoonbill is approximately four times longer than its head. It ends in the shape of…
"European Spoonbill. Platalea leucorodia. Bill long, flat, remarkably widened, rounded, and spoon-shaped…
This flower stand has a design on its column of two birds with lowered heads. The top is richly decorated…
"Sturnus vulgaris. The Starling. Adult: General plumage of metallic lustre, iridescing dark green on…
"Our familiar Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) being iridescent black, with buff markings above, and, after…
"Typical passerine sternum, pectoral arches, and sternal ends of ribs; from the robin, Turdus migratorius,…
""Views of sternum and pectoral arch of the ptarmigan, Lagapus albus, reduced. Lateral view, with the…
"Views of sternum and pectoral arch of the ptarmigan, Lagapus albus, reduced; viewed from below. a,…
"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…
"Certhiola flaveola, the Sugar-bird, coloration varies from black, grey, or purplish, relieved by rufous…
"Cinnyris splendidus, the Old World Sun-birds, recalling the non-Passerine Humming-birds by their brilliant…
"Hirundo rustica, the Swallow, is metallic black, with a variable amount of chestnut or rufous on the…
"Cotile riparia. Bank Swallow. lustreless mouse-brown; wings and tail fuscous. Below, white, with a…
"Cotile riparia. Bank Swallow. lustreless mouse-brown; wings and tail fuscous. Below, white, with a…
"Fig 181 - Generic details of Hirundo horreorum(Barn Swallow) Deep lustrous steel-blue; forehead and…
"Cliff Swallow. Eaves Swallow. Crescent Swallow. Mud Swallow. back and top of head, with a spot on the…
"Entire upper parts glossy dark green; wings and tail blackish, lustrous; lores black. Entire under…
The swan has been an object of admiration for its graceful neck, oval head, prominent beak, soft, and…