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Zusammenfassung
Picus canus
Identifier: historyofbirdsof03bree (find matches)
Title: A history of the birds of Europe, not observed in the British Isles
Year: 1862 (1860s)
Authors: Bree, Charles Robert, 1811-1886
Subjects: Birds Birds
Publisher: London, Groombridge and Sons
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library
Text Appearing Before Image:
ZYGODACTYLI. Family PICID^E. (Bonaparte.) Genus Picus. (Linnceus.) Generic Characters.âBeak strong, cuneiform, or rounded, andgrooved above, about as long as tbe head, straight, andpointed; nostrils open, oval, more or less hid by the setaceousfeathers which cover the base of the beak. Tongue very-mobile, capable of being projected from the mouth, armedwith small sharp needle-like processes bent backwards andhorny towards the tip. Feet robust and short, with three orfour toes; claws arched, compressed, and pointed, formed forclimbing. AVings elongated, the bastard quill short, the thirdand fourth the longest. Tail composed of quills having stiffand elastic shafts, ten or twelve in number, and serving asa prop in climbing. GREY WOODPECKER. Picus canus. Picus canus, viridis Norvegicus, Norvegicus, viridis canus,Gecinus canus,Pic vert Cendre,Grauer Grilnspecht,Picchio verde di Norvegia, G-melin, 1788.Brisson, 1709.Latham, 1790.Meyek. Boie. Bonaparte.Of the French.Of the Germans.Stor.
Text Appearing After Image:
GREY WOODPECKER. 1°)T Specific Characters.âPlumage green, with the top of the headgrey and the forehead crimson; only the middle feathers of thetail having transverse bands across them. Length from tip of beakto end of tail eleven inches; from carpal joint to tip of wing fiveinches and a half; tarsus one inch; middle toe and claw oneinch and a quarter; tail four inches; beak one inch and a half. This bird, with which I commence the interestingfamily of Woodpeckers, is essentially an inhabitantof the northern parts of Europe. It occurs in Nor-way and the north of Sweden, being only found inthe southern parts of this country accidentally. It alsooccurs in Russia and Finland, but Mr. Wheelwrightinforms me that it has not been observed by theSwedish naturalists in Lapland. It is sometimes foundin Switzerland, near Zurich, and occasionally in France,but never, according to Temminck, in Holland. It isfound accidentally in Denmark. It is rare in the southof Germany, but in the north is mo
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