Identifier: cabinetofnatural01phil (find matches)
Title: The Cabinet of natural history and American rural sports
Year: 1830 (1830s)
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Subjects: Zoology Hunting
Publisher: Philadelphia, John Doughty
Contributing Library: University of Pittsburgh Library System
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Pittsburgh Library System

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S a region would be discovered, nearly equalin extent to the Roman empire even at the proudest periodof its greatness, in which their rara avis would be foundin as great abundance as the common wild Swan upon thelakes of Europe. Such, however, has been one of theleast singular among the many strange and unexpected re-sults of the discovery of the great southern continent ofNew Holland. The Black Swans are found as well in Van DiemensLand as in New South Whales and on the western coast ofNew Holland. They are generally seen in flocks of eightor nine together, floating on a lake; and when disturbed,flying off like wild geese in a direct line one after the other.They are said to be extremely shy, so as to render it difiicultto approach within gunshot of them.—Menag. Zool. Soc. ^ vn: ^:^
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AND AMERICAN RURAL SPORTS. ROUGH BILLED PELICAN.PELECJiNVS ERYTHRORYNCHOS. (Plate VL) P. erythrorynchos. Gmel. i. 571. No. 15.—P. trachy-rynchos. Latham, index, 884. Phil. Trans, vol. 54,419.—Rough billed Pelican. Lath. Synops. 6. p. 586.Phu-adelphia Museum. The Pelicans belong to the family of Totipalmes,Cuv. which are distinguished by having their hind toeunited to the others by a continuous membrane, notwith-standing which organization, they are almost the only webfooted birds which perch on trees. They almost all flywell, and have short legs. This genus, as instituted by Linnseus, comprehended allof the palmated tribe, the base of whose bills are in a greateror less degree destitute of feathers, and having the nostrilsplaced in a groove running along the sides of the uppermandible, with their aperture so small as scarcely to bedistinguished; and also, having a more or less dilated gul-let, and a very small tongue. Under this definition were in-cluded the Pelicans proper, the c

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