Identifier: historyofbritish01morr (find matches)
Title: A history of British birds. By the Rev. F.O. Morris ..
Year: 1862 (1860s)
Authors: Morris, F. O. (Francis Orpen), 1810-1893
Subjects: Birds
Publisher: London, Groombridge and Sons
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries

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ith grey below; chin, dull white; throat,greyish white; breast, greyish white, the feathers marginedwith a semicircular dusky line; back, ferrugmous brown above,lower down with a tinge of grey. Primaries, secondaries, andtertiaries, as in the male, but the rufous margins narrower;tail, ferruginous, the outer web of each outside feather andthe tips, dull white; underneath it is grey, tipped with wliite;under tail coverts, dull white. Legs and toes, blackish brown. The young nearly resemble the female. Over the eye thereis a yellowish white streak; breast above, yellowish white,below, the same, barred with brown on each feather. Thsfeathers on the lower part of the back have a narrow darkborder, the rest of the back is yellowish brown, tinged withgrey, and the feathers barred at the tip with brown, edgedwith a lighter shade. Tail, yellowish brown, darker at thetip, the two outer feathers edged with white. A variety of this bird has been met with near Lewes, ofa uniform pale fawn-colour.
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WOODCHAT. 187 WOODCHAT. WOOD SHRIKE. WOODCHAT SHRIKE. Lanius rufus, Brisson. Bewick. rutllus, Latham. Montagu. pomeranuSf Gmelin. Lanius—A butcher. Rufus—Red. This Shrike is found in Europe—in Germany, France, theNetherlands, Switzerland, Sicily, Italy, and Greece. In Africa—in Egypt, Senegal, and at the Cape of Good Hope. The following are the only specimens of the Woodchat thatappear to have been recorded as having occurred in England:—In Yorkshire, one; in Kent, two, one of them near Can-terbury; in Norfolk, two, one of them near Swaffham; inSuffolk, two; in Worcestershire, one, near Evesham; two inthe Scilly Islands, one an adult male, the other an immaturebird, in September, 1849; one in Derbyshire, May 19th., 1839;and one near Guildford, in Surrey. In Ireland and Scotlandnone have been met with. The Woodchat is by no means of a shy nature, but buildsin the immediate vicinage of houses and public roads. Itexhibits an antipathy against other birds, even those whichit can

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