The natural history of British birds, or, A selection of the most rare, beautiful and interesting birds which inhabit this country - the descriptions from the Systema naturae of Linnaeus - with (14729258856)

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Title: The natural history of British birds, or, A selection of the most rare, beautiful and interesting birds which inhabit this country : the descriptions from the Systema naturae of Linnaeus : with general observations, either original or collected from the latest and most esteemed English ornithologists : and embellished with figures, drawn, engraved, and coloured from the original specimens

Year: 1794 (1790s)

Authors: Donovan, E. (Edward), 1768-1837 Latham, John, 1740-1837 Pennant, Thomas, 1726-1798 Gilbert, Richard, 1794-1852, printer Donovan, E. (Edward), 1768-1837. Natural history of the nests and eggs of British birds Linné, Carl von, 1707-1778. Systema naturae. Regnum animale F. and C. Rivington (Firm), publisher F., C. and J. Rivington (Firm), publisher Law and Gilbert, printer R. & R. Gilbert (Firm), printer Leverian Museum (London, England)

Subjects: Birds

Publisher: London : Printed for the author, and for F. and C. Rivington ...

Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries

Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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he figure of the male whichis fhewn in our plate may fuperfede the neceflity of any particulardefcription of that fex, except with rerpe6l to fize, which corref-ponds with that of the common wigeon, and is about feventeenvinches in length. The female is lefs by three inches; verylittle exceeding in length thirteen inches: the general colour grey ;forehead and between the eye white: lower part of the bread andbelly barred with pale rufous and white, and the lower part, togetherwith the thighs rufous and brown : quills, tail and legs dufky. The fpecies inhabits all the northern parts of Europe and America,retiring a little to the fouthward as the winter become intenfeiyfevere. Its chief food confifts of the vaft variety of teftaceous ani--mals, with which the waters of all the northern lakes and riversabound, and efpecially the innumerable hoft of gnats and otheiaquatic infe6ls which are there produced in numbers beyond all con-ception during the Ihort period of the polar fummer. FLAT E

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PLATE CLXIV. PARUS PALUSTRIS. MARSH TITMOUSE. Passeres. GENERIC CHARACTER. Bill very entire, narrow and fomewhat compreffed; llrong, hard,pointed and covered at the bafe with briftles : tongue truncated,briftly at the end ; toes divided to the origin, the pofterior one largeand ftrong. SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND SYNONYMS. Head black ; back cinereous; temples white.Parus Palustris : capite nigro, dorfo cinereo, temporibus albis. Linn, Syft. 1. />. 341. S.^Faun. Suec, N^ 269. GmeL Syji. Nat, \.p. 1009.—Lath, Gen. Syn. 4. p, 64,—Ind. Orn. 566.9.Marsh Titmouse, or Black Cap. Jlbin. 3. /. 5S. f. 1. Will 241. /. 43. Allied PLATE CLXIV. Allied to the Colemoufe^ and has been confidered as no otherprobably than a variety of that bird. This like the reft of its tribe,is a moft prolific bird laying a vaft number of eggs, and hatchingfrequently. Its fize is that of the Colemoufe : the length four inches,Authors defcribe it an inhabitant of northern Europe. Pr. Latham defcribes it a^

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