Identifier: naturalhistoryof51798dono (find matches)
Title: The natural history of British birds, or, A selection of the most rare, beautiful and interesting birds which inhabit this country : the descriptions from the Systema naturae of Linnaeus : with general observations, either original or collected from the latest and most esteemed English ornithologists : and embellished with figures, drawn, engraved, and coloured from the original specimens
Year: 1794 (1790s)
Authors: Donovan, E. (Edward), 1768-1837 Latham, John, 1740-1837 Pennant, Thomas, 1726-1798 Gilbert, Richard, 1794-1852, printer Donovan, E. (Edward), 1768-1837. Natural history of the nests and eggs of British birds Linné, Carl von, 1707-1778. Systema naturae. Regnum animale F. and C. Rivington (Firm), publisher F., C. and J. Rivington (Firm), publisher Law and Gilbert, printer R. & R. Gilbert (Firm), printer Leverian Museum (London, England)
Subjects: Birds
Publisher: London : Printed for the author, and for F. and C. Rivington ...
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PLATE CX. Galiineila aquatica. Zinan. 109. Gallinula Chlorgpus. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. p. 770. 13, Common Water-Hen, or Moor-Hen. Will. Orn. Rail. Syn. Albin. II. pi. 72. 3. pi, 91Common Gallinule. Br. Zool. No. 217. pi. 77. Lath. Gen. Syn. 5. p. 258. fp. 12.Pouie deau. Buff. 8. p. 171. /. 15.—PL enl. 877.Brif. Orn. 6, p. 3. 1. pi 1. /£. I, 2.Waflerhennl. A/tww. 358. Length of this fpecies fourteen inches, breadth twenty-one, weightfifteen ounces. It is a common bird in this country, frequents thefides of rivers and ponds, and is fuppofed to feed on fmall fifh, and on plants. It has two or three broods in the fummer; the neft is ufuallyplaced on a low (lump near the water, and contains feven eggs of adirty white colour, fparingly fpeckled and fpotted with ruft colour,and nearly two inches in length. The female is fmaller than themale, the colours are throughout much paler, and the throat isfometimes white; in fome birds it is grey, in others the colour ofthe reft of the neck. PLATE Ill
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PLATE CXI. ANAS GLACIALIS. LONG-TAILED DUCK. Anseres. Bill obtufe, covered with a thin membrane, broad, gibbous belowthe bafe, fwelled at the apex. Tongue flefhy. Legs naked. Feetwebbed or finned. GENERIC CHARACTER. Bill broad, deprefTed, hooked at the apex, with membranous teeth.Noftrils oval, fmall. Tongue broad, edges fringed near the bafe.Feet, — middle toe longeft. SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND STNONTMS. Tail long, pointed. Body black, beneath white. Anas glacialis. Lin. Syji. Nat. p. 203. 20. Anas hyemalis. Lin. SyJl. 1. p. 202, 29. Anas glacialis, cauda acuminata elongata, corpore nigro fubtus albo. (mas adultus.) Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. p. 864* 82. & 1 Long- plate cxi. Long-tailed Duck. Edw. v. 280. Perm. Br. Zool 283. Lath. Gen. Syn. 6. p. 528. 73,Swallow-tailed Shieldrake. Will. Orn. p. 364.Le Canard a longue queue dIflande. Brif. Orn. 6. 379,Canard de Miclon. Buff. Olf.—PI. Enl. 1008. This fpecies varies exceedingly in the colours of the plumage. InTome the principal colour is

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