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Identifier: britishgamebirds00morr (find matches)
Title: British game birds and wildfowl
Year: 1855 (1850s)
Authors: Morris, Beverley Robinson Fawcett, Benjamin, 1808-1893, engraver
Subjects: Game and game-birds Birds Birds
Publisher: London : Groombridge and Sons ...
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breed in the northern parts of America, and to nest in the holesof trees, as the Golden Eye does. Of their eggs we have no record. In the adult male, the bill is bluish lead-colour; irides, hazel. The head is verylarge for the size of the bird, and has the plumage elongated and erectile; the colourof the head and upper neck is a fine blackish green, reflecting purple; from the eyea broad band of white passes backwards. Back, rump, and tertials, black; tail covertsand tail, grayish ash; scapulars, wing coverts, and secondaries, white. Lower neck,breast, and belly, white; vent, dusky white. Legs and feet, yellow. The female has the head, neck, and upper parts, dusky brown; the side of the headhas a small oblong spot of white; the secondaries, white; under parts, dull white; vent,ash-colour. Legs and feet, livid blue. Young males resemble the females. The adult male measures fourteen inches in length. The female measures but thirteen inches. E. FA1YCETT, EXGRAYER AMD PKLSTER, DRIFFIELD.
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  • bookyear:1855
  • bookdecade:1850
  • bookcentury:1800
  • bookauthor:Morris__Beverley_Robinson
  • bookauthor:Fawcett__Benjamin__1808_1893__engraver
  • booksubject:Game_and_game_birds
  • booksubject:Birds
  • bookpublisher:London___Groombridge_and_Sons____
  • bookcontributor:Smithsonian_Institution_Libraries
  • booksponsor:Biodiversity_Heritage_Library
  • bookleafnumber:389
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