Birds of America

By John James Audubon, F. R. SS. L. & E.

VOLUME I.

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GENUS I. CHOETURA, Stephens. SPINE-TAIL.

All the characters as above. Tarsus bare, loner than the middle toe, which scarcely exceeds the outer. Tail short, even, the shafts very strong, and prolonged into acuminate points.

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