Definitionn. two names for the suborder of typical songbirds
Last update: August 8, 2015
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This type attains its highest development in the Oscines, but it occurs also in many other orders. [Please select]
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The Fringillidae have been distinguished from other families of nine-primaried oscines by only one character--a heavy and conical bill (for crushing seeds). [Please select]
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Finally, in attempting to classify the oscines, he has relied almost entirely on a single character--the pattern of jaw-musculature. [Please select]
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The Wagtails and Pipits are closely-allied forms, and are usually referred to the same family of Oscines. [Please select]
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He is the possessor of a clear, musical voice, and if he had the vocal organs of some of the oscines, he certainly would be one of the best feathered lyrists of America. [Please select]
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But he is ranked among the oscines, and seems to know it; and, after all, it is only the common fault of singers not to be able to detect their own want of tunefulness. [Please select]
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