Identifier: ornithologynatur00rusc (find matches)
Title: Ornithology : the natural history of birds : third-book of natural history prepared for the use of schools and colleges
Year: 1842 (1840s)
Authors: Ruschenberger, W. S. W. (William Samuel Waithman), 1807-1895 Milne-Edwards, H. (Henri), 1800-1885 Comté, Achille, 1802-1866 Bartlett, C. E. H., Mrs., former owner. DSI Wetmore, Alexander, 1886-1978, former owner Dwight, Jonathan, 1858-1929, former owner. DSI Tucker, Marcia Brady, former owner. DSI Illinois. Wesleyan University, Bloomington. Buck Memorial Library, former owner. DSI
Subjects: Birds
Publisher: Philadelphia : Turner & Fisher, publishers

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he genus Phasianus. Fig. 7. A leg bare above the knee, as in all the Waders. Fig. 8. A semi-palraated foot, as in the genus Ardea. Fig. 9. A pinnated foot, with the edges of the toes scalloped, as in thegenera Fulica, Phalaropus. Fig. 10. A lobated foot, the toes margined by raerabranous edgings, asin the genus Podiceps. Fig. IL A three-toed webbed foot as in the genus Alca, Uria. Fig. 12. A palmated foot, as in the genera Anas, Recurvirostra. Fig. 13. A palmated foot, with four toes connected, as in the genusPelicanus. Fig. 14. The Goldfinch; a, beak or bill,—fe, the front,—c, the cheek,— d, the hind-head, ur occiput,—e, the breast,—■/, the back,—g, spurious wing, —//, shoulder, and lesser wing coverts,—i, secondary quill feathers,—j, j, ^greater quill feathers,—A-, tertials,—Z, tail coverts,—?«, tail,—n, great wing ■ r overts,—0, auricles or auditory conch,—p, the throat. Fig. 15, A spur. Fig. 16. A pectinated foot, as in the genus Tetrao. Plate 7.
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Anatomy.—Feet^ EXPLANATION OF PLATE 8. Fig. 1. A hooked bill as in the genus Faico. Cere, a bare soft skin atthe base of the bill, Fig. 15. Fig. 2. A serrated or notched bill, as in the genus Ramphastos. Fig. 3. A cultrated bill, as in the genus Corvus. Reflected vibrissEe.Fig. 16. Fig. 4. A cuneated or wedge-shaped bill, as in the genus Picus. A cylin-drical or extensile tongue, Fig. 17. Fig. 5. A curvated bill. An erected crest. Fig IS. Fig. 6. Nostrils covered by, or contained in a tube, as in the genusProcellaria. Fig. 7. A straight, compressed, cultrated bill. Lore, a bare skin surround-ing the eyes, Fig. 20. Projecting edge of the upper mandible, by means ofwhich the birds, whose beaks are thus constructed, cut their food as withscissors. Fig. 24. Fig. 8. A hooked notched bill, as in the genus Lanius, (Shrike,) thenotch. Fig. 21. Fig. 9. A recurved bill, as in the genus, Recurvirostra. Fig. 10. A grooved bill, as in the genus Alca. Fig. 11. A spoon-shaped bill, as in the genus

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