File:A handbook of the birds of Tasmania and its dependencies (1910) (14726930116).jpg

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Original file ‎(2,368 × 1,388 pixels, file size: 631 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary[edit]

Description
English:

Identifier: handbookofbirdso00litt (find matches)
Title: A handbook of the birds of Tasmania and its dependencies
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: Littler, Frank Mervyn
Subjects: Birds -- Australia Tasmania
Publisher: Launceston, Tasmania : F.M. Littler
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

View Book Page: Book Viewer
About This Book: Catalog Entry
View All Images: All Images From Book
Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.

Text Appearing Before Image:
ace black; irides red; bill bluish-grey;legs and feet blackish. Dimensions in mm. :—Length, 370; bill,36; wing, 177; tail, 51; tarsus, 47. Female.—Similar to male except that the mider surface isgreyish and the feathers are very narrowly margined with whitish. Young.— The young in down are black, having yellow hair-like tips, the down thickest about the face and neck; bill creamcolour (A. J. Campbell). Nest.—A bulky structure, partly submerged; composed ofbroken reeds and other aquatic plants, the top not coming morethan a few inches above the surface of the water. It is placedin a swamp or a lagoon. Eggs.—Clutch seven to nine; oval in shape; texture of shellsomewhat coarse; surface slightly glossy; colour dull or bufTy-white, or else stone colour, spotted and freckled with small spotsof dark purplish-brown, many appearing as though below the sur-face. Dimensions in mm. of a clutch:—(1) 51 x 36, (2) 52 x 85.(3) 52 X 34, (4) 51 x 33, (5) 49 x 33, (6) 50 x 34, (7) 51 x 35. w
Text Appearing After Image:
BIRDS OF TASMANIA. 119 Breeding Seaso)i.—September to December. Geographical Distribution.—Tasmania, King Island, and Aus-tralia in general. Observations.—The Coot is not as generally distributed through-out the island as either of the two preceding species. On someof the lakes and larger lagoons it is, however, fairly numerous.Of late years its numbers have diminished, owing to Duck-shooterstaking heavy toll, as it is considered by many very palatable. Itis quite a sight to see large liocks of this species feeding in thewater, and when suddenly disturbed scuttling of? as fast as theycan to take shelter m the reeds. Diving is often resorted to whenfeeding; the birds give a slight upward spring and then disappearfor a short space, returning with some food i)lucked from below.In addition to vegetable stuffs, the visual insects and molluscsfound in and about lakes and lajjoons are devoured. ORDER—LIMICOL/E : PLOVERS, &c. FAMILY—(EDICNEMID/E (1 species). *STONE-PLOVER (Land

Note About Images

Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
Date
Source

https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/14726930116/

Author Internet Archive Book Images
Permission
(Reusing this file)		 At the time of upload, the image license was automatically confirmed using the Flickr API. For more information see Flickr API detail.
Flickr tags
InfoField
  • bookid:handbookofbirdso00litt
  • bookyear:1910
  • bookdecade:1910
  • bookcentury:1900
  • bookauthor:Littler__Frank_Mervyn
  • booksubject:Birds____Australia_Tasmania
  • bookpublisher:Launceston__Tasmania___F_M__Littler
  • bookcontributor:American_Museum_of_Natural_History_Library
  • booksponsor:Biodiversity_Heritage_Library
  • bookleafnumber:190
  • bookcollection:biodiversity
  • bookcollection:americanmuseumnaturalhistory
  • bookcollection:americana
  • BHL Collection
  • BHL Consortium
Flickr posted date
InfoField
26 July 2014


Licensing[edit]

This image was taken from Flickr's The Commons. The uploading organization may have various reasons for determining that no known copyright restrictions exist, such as:
  1. The copyright is in the public domain because it has expired;
  2. The copyright was injected into the public domain for other reasons, such as failure to adhere to required formalities or conditions;
  3. The institution owns the copyright but is not interested in exercising control; or
  4. The institution has legal rights sufficient to authorize others to use the work without restrictions.

More information can be found at https://flickr.com/commons/usage/.

Please add additional copyright tags to this image if more specific information about copyright status can be determined. See Commons:Licensing for more information.
This image was originally posted to Flickr by Internet Archive Book Images at https://flickr.com/photos/126377022@N07/14726930116. It was reviewed on 1 October 2015 by FlickreviewR and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the No known copyright restrictions.

1 October 2015

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current04:01, 31 October 2015Thumbnail for version as of 04:01, 31 October 20152,368 × 1,388 (631 KB)SteinsplitterBot (talk | contribs)Bot: Image rotated by 90°
02:56, 1 October 2015Thumbnail for version as of 02:56, 1 October 20151,388 × 2,374 (634 KB)Fæ (talk | contribs)== {{int:filedesc}} == {{information |description={{en|1=<br> '''Identifier''': handbookofbirdso00litt ([https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&profile=default&fulltext=Search&search=insource%3A%2Fhandbookofbirdso00litt%2F fin...

You cannot overwrite this file.

There are no pages that use this file.

Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:A_handbook_of_the_birds_of_Tasmania_and_its_dependencies_(1910)_(14726930116).jpg&oldid=778287668"