"Cygnus bewicki, Buck's Swan, is white with black feet and bill, the basal half of the latter being…
The swan has been an object of admiration for its graceful neck, oval head, prominent beak, soft, and…
The mute swan (Cygnus olor) is a large water bird in the family Anatidae which also includes geese and…
"Cygynus. White Swans. Neck of extreme length. Trachea normally entering sternum. Bill tuberculate or…
"Cygnus columbianus. Common American Swan. Whistling Swan. Bill with a yellow spot or blotch in front…
"Chaetura pelasgica. Chimney Swift. Chimney "Swallow". Sooty-brown, with a faint greenish gloss above;…
"The coloration of the twenty or more species of Cypselus is sooty-black or mouse-brown, frequently…
"Nephaecetes niger borealis. Northern Black Cloud Swift. Entire plumage sooty-black, with slight greenish…
This table-top is made from the marble of Derbyshire, England. It also is made out of lapis lazuli a…
"Hirundo horreorum. Barn Swallow. Tail deeply fornicate, nearly or about as long as the wings; lateral…
"Fig 178 - the dentirostral bill of a Tanager (Pyranga hepatica)" Elliot Coues, 1884
"Rhamphocoelus brasilius, the Brazilian Tanager, ...are chiefly small in size; the sexes are commonly…
Outlines of birds (duck, swan, turkey vulture, cormorant, and egret) made from tangram pieces. Tangrams,…
Solutions for outlines of birds (duck, swan, turkey vulture, cormorant, and egret) made from tangram…
Silhouette outlines of birds (duck, swan, turkey vulture, cormorant, and egret) made from tangram pieces.…
Solutions for silhouette outlines of birds (duck, swan, turkey vulture, cormorant, and egret) made from…
"Fig 38 a, Reticulate tarsus of a Plover. b, Scutellate and reticulate tarsus of a pigeon." Elliot Coues,…
"Querquedula (N.) carolinensis. American Green-winged Teal. Bill black; feet bluish-gray: iris brown.…
This duck is beautifully colored and resembles a mallard. Its wings have an emerald green patch upon…
These birds are remarkable for their buoyant, graceful, easy flight, and the soft loose texture of their…
"Sterna fuliginosa. Sooty Tern. feet stout; toes short; with much incised webs; tibia bare .70; tarsus…
"Sterna forsteri. Forster's Tern. Tail 5.00 - 8.00, forked 2.50-5.00." Elliot Coues, 1884
"...one or both webs may be so deeply incised, that is, cut away, that the palmation is practically…
"In the palmate or ordinary webbed foot, all the front toes are united by ample webs." Elliot Coues,…
"Sterna aleutica. Aleutian Tern. Bill of ordinary shape, as in hirundo, macrura, etc., entirely black.…
"Sterna (T.) caspia. Caspian Tern. Imperial Tern. Bill dark vermilion red, growing and somewhat "diaphanous"…
Sterna fluviatilis, the Common Tern, occupying the coasts and inland waters of Europe, temperate Asia,…
"Sterna (T.) elegans. Elegant Tern. Princely Tern. Bill bright red, salmon-colored toward tip. Feet…
"Sterna dougalli. Roseate Tern. Paradise Tern. Bill about as long as head or foot, straight, slender,…
"Sterna (T.) maxima. Cayenne Tern. Royal Tern. Adult in summer: Pileum glossy greenish-black, not extending…
"Sterna (T.) cantiaca. Sandwich Tern. Ducal Tern. Bill black, the tip 1/2 to 3/4 an inch bright yellow,…
"They feed on honey extracted from flowers and the sap from the sugar-cane, the juice of which they…
"Bill shorter than head, comparatively stout at base, very acute at tip, the culmen quite convex, the…
"Above, grayish-brown, nearly uniform; wing- coverts and quills with slight whitish edging, the edge…
"Upper parts uniform rust-red, with a bronzy lustre. Concealed portions of quills fuscous. Greater the…
"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…
"Upper parts uniform ashy-brown; wings and tail similar, but rather purer and darker brown, the former…
"Generic details of a Myiadestes townsendi (Townsend's Flycatching Thrush); bill and foot nat. size,…
"Turdus viscivorus, Mistletoe Thrush, the coloration is ordinarily plain black or brown, more or less…
The Veery, Catharus fuscescens, is a small thrush species. It is occasionally called Willow Thrush or…
The Wood Thrush, Hylocichla mustelina, is a North American passerine bird. It is closely related to…
"Wood Thrush. Upper parts, including the surface of the closed wings, tawny-brown, purest and deepest…
"Tinamou is the name given to a genus and family of birds occurring in South America, and allied in…
"Dromaeognathous skull of a tinamou (Tinamus robustus); copies by Shufeldt from Huxley. Letters as before;…
"Rhynchotus rufescens,... is grey-brown, with blacker crown, rufous cheeks, neck, and breast, and chestnut…
The tits, chickadees, and titmice comprise Paridae, a large family of small passerine birds which occur…
"Anthus Ludovicianus. Louisiana Pipit. American Titlark. Brown Lark. Wagtail. Bill blackish, pale at…
"Upper parts olivaceous-ash, wings and tail darker, edged with the color of the back, or even a brighter…
"Head not crested. Wings and tail rounded, of approximately equal lengths, and about as long as the…
"Parus major, the Great Titmouse, are olive, brown, or grey, varied with black, white, chestnut, or…
"Entire upper parts ashy, the back usually with a slight olivaceous shade, the wings and tail rather…
"Todus viridis, Tody, has coloration that is green, with a red throat, yellowish-white or pinkish under…
The totem or emblem of the Huron, a Native American tribe has a beaver on top of a log in the water.
In eating, they seize the fruit with the extremity of the beak, make it bounce up in the air, receive…
In eating, they seize the fruit with the extremity of the beak, make it bounce up in the air, receive…