Birds of America, Vol. 7

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Excerpt from Birds of America, Vol. 7: From Drawing Made in the United States, and Their TerritoriesBill longer than the head, strong, broader than high, unless towards the curved extremity, upper mandible with its dorsal line slightly concave, at the tip decurved, its ridge broad and nearly ¿at at the base, narrowed and more convex towards the end, the sides separated from the ridge by a narrow groove, convex, the edges sharp, direct, irregularly jagged, with a promi nence at the commencement of the curve at the elongated, compressed, tapering, decurved point, lower mandible with the angle extremely long, narrow, the membrane bare and dilatable into a small pouch, the very short dorsal line decurved, the sides erect at the base, convex in the rest of their extent, the edges sharp, much in¿ected, irregularly jagged, at the tip narrow and decurved. N ostrils basal, linear, inconepicuous. Head of moderate size, oblong, neck of moderate length, stout, body rather slender. Feet very short, stout, tibia very short, tarsus extremeiy short, feathered, toes all placed in the same plane, and connected by short deeply emarginate webs, which run out narrow along the sides, scutellate above, htat small, second shorter than fourth, third much longer. Claws strong, compressed, curved, acute, that of the third toe long, with the inner edge pectinate. Plumage compact, glossy, feathers of the head, neck, and back, lanceolate. Wings extremely long, pointed, the first quill longest, the rest rapidly diminishing, secondaries very short, the inner long and tapering. Tail very long, deeply forked, of twelve feathers. Tongue exceedingly small, ¿eshy, ¿attened, (esophagus very wide, proventricular glands forming a complete belt, sto mach very small, roundish, its muscular coat thin, the inner soft and corru gated, no pyloric lobe, intestine of moderate length, coeca extremely small.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.