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Identifier: illustratedbooko00blak (find matches)
Title: The illustrated book of canaries and cage-birds, British and foreign
Year: 1878 (1870s)
Authors: Blakston, W. A Swaysland, W Wiener, August F
Subjects: Canaries Cage birds
Publisher: London New York : Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co.
Contributing Library: Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library
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crickets,grasshoppers, beetles, worms, and all kinds of fruit. GREEN GLOSSY STARLING (Lainprocolius chalybeus). North-east Africa.(Illustrated from live specimen lent by Mr. Charles Jamrach.)Stunius chalylhius (Russ), Lamprotornis chalyhaa, Lamprotornis niteus el chaybaus, Lamprolornis gullatus, LamprocoVniscyanotis, Lainprocolius Ahyssinicus. English dealers name—Green Glossy Starling. German name—GriinschvviinzigerGlanzstar. This Glossy Starling is of the same size as our European Starling, of dark bluish-green orgreenish-blue colour, according to the light in which the shining plumage is seen. A spoton the cheeks and one on the wings are of bluish tint, and the lower parts appear purple ifseen in a strong light. Male and female are alike. Food, like other Starlings. The firstspecimen of this bird was presented to the Zoological Gardens as long ago as 1850, and in1872 some v/ere bred there. The nest is built in hollow trees or large nest-boxes. Cassells Canaries & Cage Birds
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I. GREEN GLOSSY STARLING. 2. MALABAR MYNAH, 3. PURPLE-HEADED GLOSSY STAPLING. 4. LONG TAILED GLOSSY STARLING, Czossv Starlixgs. - 423 PURPLE-HEADED GLOSSY STARLING (LamprocoHns auratus). West Africa.(Illustrated from live specimen kindly lent by J. C. Marsh, Esq.)Sttirniis auraiiis (Russ), Turdns auratus, Lamprotornis lucida, Lamprotornis ptilonorhynchus, Lamprotoniis atirata, Juijaanrata. English dealers name—Purple-headed Glossy Starling. French dealers name—Merle resplendissante.German name—Gold Glanzstar. The Purple-headed Glossy Starling is slightly larger than the Green Glossy Starlingand his European relative, and the most brilliant of his family. The head and lower bodyare purply violet-blue, the throat is somewhat more violet, the back of the neck more blue.Wings and back are metallic green, and the tail purple. All the Glossy Starlings have apeculiarly flat head, but in this species the flat shape of the skull is remarkable, and thelarge bright yellow eye adds to the b

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  • bookyear:1878
  • bookdecade:1870
  • bookcentury:1800
  • bookauthor:Blakston__W__A
  • bookauthor:Swaysland__W
  • bookauthor:Wiener__August_F
  • booksubject:Canaries
  • booksubject:Cage_birds
  • bookpublisher:London_
  • bookpublisher:_New_York___Cassell__Petter__Galpin___Co_
  • bookcontributor:Harvard_University__Museum_of_Comparative_Zoology__Ernst_Mayr_Library
  • booksponsor:Harvard_University__Museum_of_Comparative_Zoology__Ernst_Mayr_Library
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