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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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deep metallic green; the middle of the neck is encircledby a ring of white ; the chest is very deep chestnut; the centre of the back is brown, each feather having alighter margin; the scapularies and flanks are greyish white, beautifully barred with fine zigzag pencillings ofblack; shoulders greyish brown ; speculum rich changeable purplish green passing into velvety black,bounded both before and behind by bands of white ; quills dark brown ; rump and upper tail-coverts greenishblack, the two longest or middle tail-feathers curling upwards, tail-feathers greyish white ; under tail-covertsgreyish black ; bill olive yellow ; legs orange. The general plumage of the female is tawny brown, numerously marked about the head and neck withdusky spots ; the feathers of the back, sides, and under surface having their centres of a deeper tint; thespeculum of the wing resembles that of the male but occupies a smaller space. The Plate represents a male and female rather less than the natural size.
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— ^ S I - ! N — a = ; 11 t Genus QUERQUEDULA, Ray. Gen. Char. Bill as long as the head, elevated at the base, straight, semicylindrical, nearlyof equal breadth throughout; tip obtuse, with the dertrum, or nail, small and hooked;mandibles laminated, and having the laminae almost entirely concealed by the deflectedmargins of the upper mandible; nasal fosse small, lateral, near to the culmen of the bill.Nostrils oval, pervious. Wings acute, with the first and second quills of nearly equallength. Tail wedge-shaped, with the two middle feathers more or less elongated, andacute. Legs having the tarsus rather shorter than the middle toe. Feet with four toes,three before and one behind ; the front ones webbed; the hind toe small and free. COMMON TEAL. Anas Crecca, Linn.Querquedula Crecca, Steph.La Petite Sarcelle. This elegant little Duck, one of the smallest of the A?iatid(S, is widely distributed over the Old World. It isabundant on the range of the Himalaya, whence we have received man

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