Illustrations of ornithology (1826) (14752063772)

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Title: Illustrations of ornithology

Year: 1826 (1820s)

Authors: Jardine, William, 1800-1874 Selby, Prideaux John, 1788-1867 Lear, Edward, 1812-1888, ill Mitford, R. C. W. (Reginald Colville William), b. 1839, ill Hewitt, Eleanor G., donor. DSI Hewitt, Sarah Cooper, donor. DSI Lenox Library, former owner. DSI Bailer Bros. (Firm), binder. DSI

Subjects: Birds Birds Arsenic compounds

Publisher: Edinburgh : Published by W.H. Lizars London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, & Green, and S. Highley Dublin : W. Curry Junr. & Co.

Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries

Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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isobservations on the Birds of Madeira, printed in Dr Brewsters Journal,with his account of the Common Swift, as probably differing, but withoutany description. From that species it certainly differs, both in size, colour,and habits, and we have been unable to find any described agreeing withit. That to which it approaches nearest, is the Indian Swift of Latham.In this, the size is not mentioned, and the tail is said to be scarcely forked:in the present, the fork of the tail extends to one inch and a quarter. The whole plumage is a dull uniform black, with greenish reflections, ofa shade considerably deeper on the centre of the back; the throat and up-per part of the breast are slightly paler) the belly and vent barred indis-tinctly with fine white fasciae. It differs in its habits from the species ofthis country, feeding lower, and hunting the outlets of the rivers like thecommon swallow. The cry is nearly the same, but not so incessant as thatof C. murarius, and it is more abundant.

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1826

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