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Title: Zoological illustrations, or, Original figures and descriptions of new, rare, or interesting animals, selected chiefly from the classes of ornithology, entomology, and conchology, and arranged according to their apparent affinities
Year: 1829 (1820s)
Authors: Swainson, William, 1789-1855 Bayfield, George Dall, William Healey, 1845-1927, former owner. DSI
Subjects: Birds Insects Mollusks Shells Zoology
Publisher: London : Baldwin & Cradock
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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the bill arecompact, rigid, and all directed forwards : under tail coversand thighs whitish : the white band on the wings occupiesthe greater covers, and the tips of the lesser: the quillcovers are also margined with white: the extreme base ofthe three outer tail feathers are more or less black. The characters upon which we formed this group, con-fine it strictly to birds of the New World. For althoughthe habits of the typical species evince a marked affinity tothe Fantailed Flycatchers of Australia, the construction oftheir wings is totally different. The disposition of the blackand crimson colours on our bird, will remind the Ornitho-logist of the Red-bellied Flycatcher of Latham, of which,in fact, it is nearly an exact prototype. But this resem-blance, however strong, appears to us to be one of analogy,rather than of affinity. We consequently consider theMuscicapa, Multicolor, Lathami, and Goodtnovia, of MM.Horsfield and Vigors, as more truly belonging to the familyof Sylviad&.
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