The Osprey: An Illustrated Monthly Magazine of Popular Ornithology, Volume 1Osprey Company, 1897 - Birds |
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Page 91 - In forty specimens examined from localities between Florida and Alaska there is a regular increase in size northward. Eagles from Northern States are larger than those from Florida and Louisiana. In addition to the other differences in size, the bill of the Alaskan bird is wider, while the edging to the feathers, especially on the wing coverts, is both lighter and broader. The egg of the northern bird is distinctly larger, the average of sixteen specimens being 73.5x57.5 mm., while that of forty-five...
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Page 26 - Its voice is not strong, and many birds excel it in brilliancy of execution ; but not one of them all can rival the tenderness and softness of the liquid strains of this modest vocalist. Not born to " waste its sweetness on the desert air," the Warbling Vireo forsakes the depths of the woodland for the park and orchard and shady street, where it glides through the foliage of the tallest trees, the unseen messenger of rest and peace to the busy, dusty haunts of men.
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Page 30 - Assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and Director of the National Museum, died in Washington, Sept.