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Identifier: britishzoology02penn (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
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tijh birds.-*■ The legs are of a length, and weaknefs great-ly difproportioned to the body, which is inferiorin fize to that of the green plover: this, added tothe defect of the back toe, muft render its pacesDescrip. aukward and infirm. The naked part of the thighis three inches and a half long-, the legs four and ahalf: thefe, and the feet are of a blood red: thebill is black, above two inches long. The lengthfrom its tip to the end of the tail is thirteen inches:the breadth from tip to tip of the wing twenty-nine inches: the forehead, and whole under fideof the body are white: the crown of the head,back, and wings black: on the hind part of theneck are a few black fpots: the tail is of a greyifh.white: the wings when clofed extend far beyond it.Thefe birds are extremely rare in thefe iflands : SirRobert Sibbald records a brace that were fhot inScotland: another was fhot a few years ago on Stan-ton-Har court common near Oxford^ and we have feen them pi.jLxxra. 2V? 2ti SANDKIU.INO.
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  • bookid:britishzoology02penn
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  • bookdecade:1770
  • bookcentury:1700
  • bookauthor:Pennant__Thomas__1726_1798
  • booksubject:Zoology____Great_Britain
  • bookpublisher:Warrington__Printed_by_W__Eyres__for_B__White__London
  • bookcontributor:MBLWHOI_Library
  • booksponsor:MBLWHOI_Library
  • bookleafnumber:97
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