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Title: Illustrations of the birds of California, Texas, Oregon, British and Russian America. : Intended to contain descriptions and figures of all North American birds not given by former American authors, and a general synopsis of North American ornithology.
Year: 1862 (1860s)
Authors: Cassin, John, 1813-1869 J.B. Lippincott & Co., publisher White, George G. (George Gorgas), d. 1898, ill Hitchcock, William E., lithographer Bowen, John T., ca. 1801-1856?, lithographer
Subjects: Birds
Publisher: Philadelphia: : J.B. Lippincott & Co.
Contributing Library: University of Pittsburgh Library System
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Pittsburgh Library System

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s are directed forward, which might appear to be a difficulty; but inreference to that point we ask attention to Col. McCalls valuable contribu-tion in a preceding page. There is, too, some peculiarity intended orattempted to be represented in the figure to which we allude. The sexes of this bird differ in size very considerably; and there are, also,variations in size and measurements, such as comparative lengths of theirbills and tails between different specimens. We have seen a large numberof specimens, from various localities, but of one species only. Though wehave been constantly on the watch for it, we have never detected the smallerspecies alluded to by Captain McCown, which is very probably Geococcyxaffinis, described by Dr. George Hartlaub, of the State Museum of Bremen,one of the most learned and accurate of European ornithologists. Thatspecies may be more an inhabitant of the mountainous or hilly country thanthe subject of our present article. Cas.siiis llbstraUiHis Plate 37
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