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Title: The birds of Europe
Year: 1837 (1830s)
Authors: Gould, John, 1804-1881
Subjects: Pictorial works Birds
Publisher: London, Printed by R. and J.E. Taylor, pub. by the author
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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of the head and breast is ash coloured; three stripes of black occupy the face on each side, onepassing above the eye, one through the eye to the occiput, and one encircles the lower part of the face fromthe angle of the beak ; a greyish white stripe passes above the eye, bordered by the two lines of black ; thewhole of the upper surface is of a rufous brown, each feather having a dusky mark down the centre ; thefeathers of the shoulders are edged with light grey ; the primaries brown; the three outer tail-feathers white,the remainder brown edged with reddish; the whole of the under surface pale rufous. The female is destitute of the beautiful grey which ornaments the head and chest of the male, as well asthe jet black lines, which are only faintly indicated on the cheeks ; the head and chest are pale greyishbrown ; the throat dotted with dusky spots ; the rest of the plumage resembles the male, except that it ismore obscure. The Plate represents a male and female of the natural size.
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