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Title: Coloured illustrations of British birds, and their eggs
Year: 1842 (1840s)
Authors: Meyer, H. L. (Henry Leonard), d. 1864 Meyer, H. L. (Henry Leonard), d. 1864. Illustrations of British birds Rutter, Daniel, former owner. DSI Rolle, Mark, former owner. DSI S. & J. Bentley, Wilson & Fley, printer S. & J. Bentley and Henry Fley, printer
Subjects: Birds Birds Birds Taxidermists Birds
Publisher: London : G.W. Nickisson
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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dges. The iris dark brown. The young birds before they moult are so very differentfrom the parents, that it requires some knowledge of them toidentify them. They resemble most of all the young of thestarling ; they have neither crest, nor any sign of rose colourabout them, and only distinguish themselves by their thickerand shorter beaks and lighter coloured feathers, which ap-proach nearer to brown than grey. The beak and legs aredirty flesh colour ; the corners of the beak and the soles ofthe feet yellow. The tip of the beak is brown, and the irisgreyish-brown. The upper part of the bird is pale yellowish-grey, spotted with darker about the head. Wings and taildusky, edged with pale dirty rust colour ; a faded pale streak V0JL. III. N 178 STURNID/E. over the eyes ; the throat white, the breast and belly dirtywhite, the sides and upper part of the breast pale yellowish-brown, about the crop some dark streaks, the under tail-coverts dark brownish grey, edged with dirty white. PI .19.4
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79 WSESSORES. COR VIDJE. CONIRUSTRES. PLATE CXXIV. RAVEN. CORVUS CORAX. Thr Raven is a bird well known in most parts of theworld : it is indigenous throughout Europe, but more nume-rous in Sweden, Finland, Iceland, and Greenland, than it isin more southern countries. It is found also throughoutAsia, from the southern parts to Siberia and Kamtschatka.It inhabits North America and Africa. The Raven chiefly inhabits woods and forests, from whencehe visits at pleasure meadows, fields, and the banks of rivers.During the summer months these birds confine themselveswithin a more limited range than in winter, at which lattertime they forage to a considerable distance in search offood, usually returning at night to a favourite tree for theirrest. The Raven associates little with the other members ofits family, such as the rook and crow, with whom it appearsto hold no willing intercourse. It differs from the latterof these, however, chiefly in size, appearing much largerwhen on the wing than an

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