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Pelican
Ad. in breeding plumage. - White, primaries black, whitish at the base; an occipital crest and a horny prominence on the bill. Ad. in bill…
Pied Duck
Ad. 8. - Center of crown black; rest of head, throat, and upper neck white; a black band around the lower neck connected behind with the…
Prof
W. B. Barrows has shown, the tip of the Courlan's bill is sometimes turned slightly to one side, an evident result of forcing it into the…
Phalarope
(See Fig. 26, a.) Ad. in summer.--Crown and chin fuscous; cheeks white; back black, the feathers bordered with cream-buff; wings gray; some…
Peep
Ad. in summer.--Upper parts black or fuscous, edged and tipped with buffy or rufous; rump and middle upper tail-coverts plain black or…
Piper
Ad.-Upper parts pale grayish brown, the feathers with olive centers; primaries fuscous, the inner half of their inner webs speckled with…
Partridge
Ad. 6. - Upper parts barred with black, ashy, gray, and grayish brown; tertials and wing-coverts irregularly marked with fuscous and…
Pheasant
Ad. 8. - Prevailing color of the upper parts rufous, much variegated with black, ochraceous, buffy, gray, and whitish; sides of the neck…
Pecker (See Fig b Ad Toes three two)
(See Fig. 37, b.) Ad. 8. --Toes three, two in front; middle of the crown with a bright orange-yellow patch; rest of the upper parts shining…
Pecker (Ad Head neck throat and upper)
Ad.-Head, neck, throat, and upper breast deep red; upper back, primaries, bases of the secondaries, and wing-coverts bluish black; end half…
Peabody-Bird
Ad.-- A yellow line before the eye; bend of the wing yellow; center of the crown with a white stripe bounded on either side by much wider…