Identifier: colouredillustra41847meye (find matches)
Title: Coloured illustrations of British birds, and their eggs
Year: 1842 (1840s)
Authors: Meyer, H. L. (Henry Leonard), d. 1864 Meyer, H. L. (Henry Leonard), d. 1864. Illustrations of British birds Rutter, Daniel, former owner. DSI Rolle, Mark, former owner. DSI S. & J. Bentley, Wilson & Fley, printer S. & J. Bentley and Henry Fley, printer
Subjects: Birds Birds Birds Taxidermists Birds
Publisher: London : G.W. Nickisson
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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g cul-tivation, to which their shy and lonely habits render themmuch averse. At present, from time to time, a singlestraggler is shot. The length of the Crane is five feet, and its weight aboutten pounds. Its beak, which measures four inches in length,is greenish yellow: the legs and feet are grey; the irisred. The forehead is blackish; the hinder part of thehead naked and red, the nape ash-coloured. The sides ofthe head and neck are dull white; the throat and forepart of the neck are dark ash-colour; the breast and mostof the other parts of the body fine bluish grey. Many ofthe feathers upon the wing are marked with black alongthe shafts, especially the beautiful tertial feathers whichoverhang the tail, and form the chief ornament of thiselegant bird; the quill feathers of the wings and theirgreater coverts are also black. The female differs little in plumage from the male, butimmature birds have their feathers clouded with duskybrown. The egg figured 161 is that of the Crane. PI.102
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GREAT WHITE HERON. 133 GRALLATORES. ARDEIDJE. PLATE CLXII GREAT WHITE HERON. ARDEA ALBA. The Great White Heron is an occasional visitant inGreat Britian, by no means a frequent one, but more sothan has for some time been allowed. Its natural habitat isAsia and the eastern parts of Europe : in Turkey, Greece,and the Grecian islands the bird is well known, from whenceit travels as far as Hungary during its periodical migrations,arriving in April, and remaining till September. The mi-gratory journeys are performed in the daytime, at a greatelevation, by two to four birds in number. The locality chosen by the Great White Heron is thesame as that of the common heron of our country, namelyborders of rivers, small lakes and ponds, as well as mo-rasses, and during the spring of the year the vicinity oflofty trees, being frequently seen to perch on the topbranches in order to rest itself. The Great White Heron prefers still, clear water witha muddy bottom, to rapid streams and a sandy bottom;a

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