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Title: The natural history of British birds, or, A selection of the most rare, beautiful and interesting birds which inhabit this country : the descriptions from the Systema naturae of Linnaeus : with general observations, either original or collected from the latest and most esteemed English ornithologists : and embellished with figures, drawn, engraved, and coloured from the original specimens
Year: 1794 (1790s)
Authors: Donovan, E. (Edward), 1768-1837 Latham, John, 1740-1837 Pennant, Thomas, 1726-1798 Gilbert, Richard, 1794-1852, printer Donovan, E. (Edward), 1768-1837. Natural history of the nests and eggs of British birds Linné, Carl von, 1707-1778. Systema naturae. Regnum animale F. and C. Rivington (Firm), publisher F., C. and J. Rivington (Firm), publisher Law and Gilbert, printer R. & R. Gilbert (Firm), printer Leverian Museum (London, England)
Subjects: Birds
Publisher: London : Printed for the author, and for F. and C. Rivington ...
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ular procefs \ claws arched, llronp-. ORDER 11, Pies; having the beak a little curved^ and rather comprelTed on thefides. ORDER III. AnfereSt Web-footed; thefe have a beak fomev/hat obtufcj and covered with athin Ikin ; at the bafe underneath gibbous, and wide at the end; the faux^or edges of the bafe, denticulated \ the feet palmated^ or webbed, andformed for fwimming. C 4 ) O R D E R IV. Gralla.Waders. Thefe have the beak fubcyllndrical, and fomewhat obtufe;the tongue entire, and flefhyj the thighs naked for feme fpace above theknees; legs very long. ORDER V. Gallifiie, Gallinaceous. Birds having the upper mandible convex, or arched, andreceiving the edges of the lower noftrils, half covered by means of a con-vex membrane, rather cartilaginous; the redirices, or tail-feathers, morethan twelve; the feet cloven, but conneded by a m.embrane as far as theg,rll: joint. ORDER VI, Pajferes, iafTerine. Thefe have a conical acuminatcdj or pointed, beak; noftrils oval, open, naked. PLAT TE ^1
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C 5 J I PLATE I. PARUS BIARMICUS. Bearded Titmouse, Passeres. Bill conic, pointed. Noftrils oval, broad, naked* GENERIC CHARACTER, Bill fhort, flrong, entire, brifdes at the bafe. Tongue, blunt,with briftles at the end. SPECIFIC CkARACTERj AND SYNONYMS. Bill fhort, flrong, convex, yellov^. Head grey. A black tuft, or beard, beneath each Eye. Plumage red yellow. Tail long. Legs black. Lin» SyJI, Nat, 342. edit, 12—1766. Scop, ann, i. A^° 241. 7. Z. Frifch, t. 8. Parus Barbatus. La Mefange barbue, ou le Mquftache.—^Br if Orn, III, p, ^6j, N 12,Buf. Oif.pl 18. V, p. 418.PI enl, 618. t, I. 2» Penduks. Kram, el. p. 373. Beardmanica, Alhin. i. pi. 48. Lanius Minimus, Leajl Butcher Bird, Edw. pi, 55, Bearded Titmoufe. Br. Zool. i, N 167. Arci. ZooL—Br. Muf^Lev, Muf A 3 The 6 P L A T E I. The Great Titmoufe, Colemoufe, and Marfh Titmoufe; with theBlue, Long-tailed, and Bearded, Titmice, are the only fpecies ofthe tribe which inhabit this country: they are all very frequent ex-ceptingnaturalhistoryof11794dono

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