A general history of birds (1821) (14752174701)

Identifier: generalhistoryof08lath (find matches)
Title: A general history of birds
Year: 1821 (1820s)
Authors: Latham, John, 1740-1837
Subjects: Birds
Publisher: Winchester (Eng.) Printed by Jacob and Johnson, for the author sold in London by G. and W.B. Whittaker (etc.)
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign



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the tail, are white; legs pale red. The female has those parts brown, which are red in the male. Inhabits Mexico; but is either a more rare bird, or less valued ;as we do not see it so often in our Menageries. The windpipe of this bird affords no less a singularity, thanbefore observed in the Crested Species. It is greatly elongated, andcontinues first downwards the whole length of the pectoral muscle,after which it makes a double, and ascends again before it enters thecavity of the chest. 8.—GALEATED CURASSOW. Crax galeata, Ind. Orn. ii. 624. ■ vertice cono corneo onusto, Bris. 8vo. i. p. 87.Galeated Curassow, Gen. St/n. Sup. 206. THIS is almost as large as a Turkey. Bill and legs red ; on thecrown of the head a horny substance, about two inches in height,broad at the bottom, and ending in a blunt point, like a helmet;the general colour of the plumage black, except the vent, and undertail coverts, which are white. Inhabits Curassow, and is probably the same as the CushewSpecies.
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MENURA. 159 GENUS LX.—MENURA. J. HIS Genus consists of one Species only. The bill is stout, conico-convex, a trifle naked at the base. Nostrils oval, placed about the middle of the bill. Tail long, consisting of sixteen loose-webbed feathers, the twomiddle ones narrow, exceeding the others in length; the outer oneon each side growing much broader, and curved at the end. Legs stout, made f<.»r walking. SUPERB MENURA.—Pl. cxxiv. Menura Novae Hollandiae, Tnd. Om. Sup. p. Ixi. Meiiuru Superba, Lin. Trans, vii. 207. pl. 22. Collinss N. S. Wales, ii. pl, in p. 93c Lyre, Tern. Man. (fOm, Anal, p.lvi. Le Parkinson, Ois. dor. ii. pl. 14. 15. male—16 jeune age. Das Schweifhahn, Schmid, Vog. p. 100. t. 86. Parkinsonian Paradise-Bird, Nat. Misc. bT7. Superb Menura, Gen. Syn. Sup.n. 271. THIS most singular bird is about the size of a Hen Pheasant;length, from the point of the bill to the end of the longest feathersof the tail, three feet and a half; that of the bill, to the gape, oneinch