British zoology (1776) (14577198429)

Identifier: britishzoology01penn (find matches)
Title: British zoology
Year: 1776 (1770s)
Authors: Pennant, Thomas, 1726-1798
Subjects: Zoology -- Great Britain
Publisher: Warrington, Printed by W. Eyres, for B. White, London
Contributing Library: MBLWHOI Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MBLWHOI Library



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fon, migrating into the other coun-tries in autumn. The length is twelve inches and a half; its breadthtwenty-one: the weight four ounces. The irides Vol. I. X are Descrip. ^^B TURTLE. Class II. are of a fine yellow : a beautifull crimfon circle en-compafles the eye lids. The chin and forehead arewhitifh: the top of the head afh colored mixed witholive: on each fide of the neck is a fpot of blackfeathers prettily tipt with white: the back afh co-lored, bordered with olive brown: the fcapularsand coverts of a reddifii brown fpottedwith black:the quil feathers of a dufky brown, the tips andoutward edges of a yellowifh brown : the breadof a light purplifh red, having the verge of eachfeather yellow : the belly white : the fides and in-ner coverts of the wings bluifh. The tail is threeinches and a half long •, the two middlemoft fea-thers are of a dufky brown; the others black,with white tips: the end and exterior fide of theoutmoft feathers wholly white. Order. pi.xmi 2V(m RIKG OTJZEL.
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JSroi04 Class IL STARE 299 Order V. PASSERINE. Strait BILL; depreffed: the NOSTRILS fur-rounded with a prominent rim. XV.STARE. LEftourneau. Belona-v. 321. Storno. Zinan. 69. Sturnus. Gefner a^, y^6. Olina, 18. AUr. a-u. ir. 284. Sturnus vulgaris. Lin. fyji.Stare, or Starling. Wil. cm. 290. 196. Stare. Faun. Suec. fp, 21-^^ Rait fyn. av. 6j. Hajfelqiiiji^ Itin. 284. LEtourneau. BriJ/hn a^v. IF. Danish Nor-vegis, Staer. Br. 439. Hiji. dOjs. III. 229. 176. Staar. Frifchy II. 217. Sanfonet. PL Enl. 75. Starl. Kratn. 362. Starl. Siopoli, No. 189. Br. Zool. 93. plate P. 2. f. i. 104, Stare. THE Stare breeds in hollow trees, eaves ofhoufes, towers, ruins, cliffs, and often inhigh rocks over the fea, fuch as thofe of the TJlecf Wight, It lays four or five eggs, of a palegreenifli afh color; and makes its nelt of draw,fmall fibres of roots, and the like. In winter, (laresaflemble in vaft flocks: they colled in myriadsin the fens oi LdncolnflAre^ and do great damageto the fen men, by roofting