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Identifier: birdsEuropeVGoul (find matches)
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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xtending over each eye ; the cheeks and sides of the neck chestnut brown finely dotted with white ; the lowerpart of the neck and chest light buff, each feather being marked with horseshoe-shaped lines of brown; thefeathers of the back olive brown with lighter edges ; the scapularies long, flowing, and of a green colour witha conspicuous stripe of white down the centre of each feather ; the secondaries and shoulders light grey ; thespeculum green ; the rump and tail brown, the former being spotted with darker brown ; the belly white ;the flanks transversely rayed with black and grey; and the feet and legs ash grey ; bill blackish; iridesbrown. The female has the top of the head, the back part of the neck, and the upper surface brown, the feathershaving lighter edges ; the throat white; the chest brown; the feathers edged with yellowish white; breastand under surface white tinged with buff; bill and feet blackish brown. The Plate represents an adult male and female of the natural size.
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Q ^ H -< fi Genus DAFILA, Leach. Gent. Char. Beak medial, its base unarmed, subcylindric, linear, its tip furnished with avery small hook : the mandibles with their edges lancinate, dentated. Nostrils basal, sub-oval. Tail elongated, acute, furnished with sixteen feathers. PINTAIL DUCK. Anas acuta, Linn.Dafila caudacuta, Leach.Canard a longue queue. We have thought it best to give the genus and generic characters as established by Dr. Leach, leaving it toour readers to adopt it or not at their pleasure. The present bird will form the only known species belongingto it. If we except the Mallard, Anas boschas, Linn., the Pintail has a more extensive range than any otherof its tribe. In Europe it is very generally distributed, as also in the northern portion of Africa, the wholeof the Asiatic continent, and the northern and temperate regions of North America. On comparing specimensfrom all these different quarters of the globe, we can trace no distinguishing difference among them. Itis

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