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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
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epresent ourcommon Shag, a species to which it very closely approximates both in size and general appearance, but on acomparison of the two birds from these different localities, no doubt can exist as to their being specificallydistinct. The present bird, although not inferior in the size of its body, is decidedly superior in the length ofthe wing, while it possesses a much longer and more attenuated bill. Our specimens were received fromM. Temminck, but no account of its habits and manners has been transmitted to us ; we have, however,every reason to believe them to be the same as those of our native species. The head, which is slightly crested, and the neck are greenish black ; the whole of the upper surface green,each feather having a narrow margin of jet black ; rump glossy greenish black; abdomen sooty black tingedwith green ; naked space at the back of the bill rich orange; bill yellowish horn colour ; primaries, tail, andfeet black. We have figured an adult of the natural size.
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® Genus SULA. Gen. Char. Bill longer than the head, thick, strong, straight, acuminate, compressed towardsthe point, with the dertrum slightly convex; mandibles equal; the upper one laterallysulcated from the base to the tip, and with a hinge near the posterior part, making itappear as if composed of five separate pieces; culmen rounded; lower mandible havingthe angle rather prominent, gently ascending to the tip; chin-angle narrow and lono-,filled with a naked dilatable skin; face naked ; tomia intracted, obliquely and unequallyserrated. Nostrils basal, concealed from view. Wings long and acuminate. Tail graduated.Legs abdominal. Tarsi short. Feet of four toes, all connected by a membrane; the middleand outer toes of nearly equal length; middle claw having its inner edge dilated andtoothed. SOLAN GANNET. Sula Bassana, Briss. La Fou blanc ou de Bassan. The seas bordering the European shores are the natural habitat of the Solan Gannet, and nowhere is it morecommon during summer than o

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