Identifier: zoologicalillust01swain (find matches)
Title: Zoological illustrations, or, Original figures and descriptions of new, rare, or interesting animals, selected chiefly from the classes of ornithology, entomology, and conchology, and arranged according to their apparent affinities
Year: 1829 (1820s)
Authors: Swainson, William, 1789-1855 Bayfield, George Dall, William Healey, 1845-1927, former owner. DSI
Subjects: Birds Insects Mollusks Shells Zoology
Publisher: London : Baldwin & Cradock
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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either is itthe black Indian Cuckow of Edwards, pi. 58, (Cuculusniger Lin.,) whose bill and feet are red. We were inclinedto think that the second species of Buffons Couheels mightbe our bird, notwithstanding the difference of their locality;but Commersons original description decides the question;his words are Cuculus cristatus mindanensis coeruleonigricans tot us J1 (Buff, ed. Son. 54. p. 54.) Our bird hasno crest. We have here consulted only original writers ;for subsequent transcribers have so blended these birdsunder one name, that it is scarcely possible to disentangletheir synonyms. M. Vieillot has increased the confusion,by transposing the specific names of Linnaeus : the trueC. niger, L. being his Orientalis (En. Mcth. Orn. 1331). Our bird was sent to us for examination by Mr. Ward.It is a genuine Cuckow : the nostrils being round, the thirdquill longest, and the second shorter than the fourth. Itcame from Western Africa. Total length, 12£; bill, 1-&; wings, 6;; tail, 6h
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. ■/•// L O R I U S Isidorii.Blue-necked Lory. Family Psittacidae.Generic Character.—Lesson. Man. 2. 148. Specific Character. Crimson ; crown, nape, neck, throat, and middle of the belly violetblue; quill covers tipt with black; tail moderate, graduated,reddish brown. A splendid specimen of this lovely bird (the only one webelieve in this kingdom), came into our possession someyears ago through Mr. Warwick, a travelling naturalist ofgreat merit. It was purchased by him, alive, in the Isle ofFrance, where it had been brought in a trading vessel fromNew Guinea: but it unfortunately died on its passage toEngland. We feel happy, that in recording this new and beautifulbird, an early opportunity is given us of commemoratingour deep sense of the kindness we received from a youngnaturalist of France, whose writings have already acquiredcelebrity, and who promises to inherit the great and com-manding talents of his illustrious father. In prosecutingour studies at the Garden of Plants, w

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