Coloured illustrations of British birds, and their eggs (1842) (14568670708)

Identifier: colouredillustra11842meye (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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n the mantle, scapulars, wing-coverts, and tail, her plumagehas the same slate grey as in the male, but the feathers onthese parts are barred with black : the forehead is whitish ;the crown of the head pale rufous, the back of the neck isdarker rufous barred with black ; the throat and sides of theneck are yellowish white; the breast, belly, and thighs, arerufous brown, marked with a few longitudinal streaks downthe shafts of the feathers, which marks are said to disappearwith advanced age. The grey tail is crossed above withseven or eight dusky bars, the last near the extremity of thefeathers the broadest, the tips are greyish white ; the tail-feathers beneath are pearl white, showing the dusky barsthrough them; the under tail-coverts are white, clouded withrufous; the moustache and region of the eyes are blackish.The legs, orbits, beak, and cere, as in the male. The veryold females are said to become paler on the under parts, theupper parts lighter grey, and the black bars narrower.

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KESTR1L. 53 RAPTORES, FALC0N1D/E. PLATE XL KESTRIL.Falco Tinnunculus. The Kestril is a bird of prey well known all overEurope. In America and in Asia it is also equally com-mon. In Africa they abound, even as far as the Cape ofGood Hope. In Europe, says Temminck, this species isnot usually found beyond the regions of the arctic circle;its place being supplied in those countries by the Merlin.It appears to prefer rocky and mountainous localities towoodland, on account of its preference for the fissures andholes in rocks for the purposes of nidification and shelter :it is not, however, confined to such localities, but is foundin greater or less abundance in all situations. From its general distribution, its peculiar appearance whenon the wing, and the little fear it appears to entertain forman, it is more frequently seen and better known than anyof our indigenous Hawks. When engaged in searching for its food, it will suffer thevery near approach of an observer without showing any alarmo

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