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Title: The birds of America : from drawings made in the United States and their territories
Year: 1840 (1840s)
Authors: Audubon, John James, 1785-1851 Bowen, John T., ca. 1801-1856?, lithographer
Subjects: Birds Birds
Publisher: New York : Published by J.J. Audubon Philadelphia : J.B. Chevalier
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ferior laryngeal muscles. Of this family, which in Europe is so numerous, there are in NorthAmerica only two genera, Regains and Sialia, the former composed of verysmall birds, allied in manners to the Tits, the latter approaching the Thrushesin form. The connecting links being wanting with us, these genera mightseem at first sight very dissimilar. Genus I.—REGULUS, Cuv. KINGLET. Bill short, straight, very slender, a little broader than high at the base,compressed toward the end; upper mandible nearly straight in its dorsaloutline, the edges slightly notched, the tip a little declinate, acute; lowermandible with its outline ascending, nearly straight, the tip acute. Nostrilsbasal, elliptical, concealed by the reversed feathers. Head large, broadlyovate; neck short; body short. Legs rather long; tarsus slender, longerthan the middle toe, much compressed, scutella blended, excepting the lowerfour toes, rather small, much compressed, hind toe large; lateral equal; claws N?2 7. PI .131.
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SL^ JUale/- Drawn from Naturi t>) I IJtaidubon.l.HS.t.L.S. I,iih* Printed 8 »?bv 1 l^Bowen-Wta* CUVIERS KINGLET. 163 rather lone;, arched, much compressed, acute. Plumage very loose and full.Short bristles at the base of the bill. Feathers of the head elongated andsilky in the adults. Wings of ordinary length, with the first quill verysmall, the fourth and fifth longest. Tail of ordinary length, emarginate. CUVIERS KINGLET. - Regulus Cuvierii, Aud.PLATE CXXXL—Male. I named this pretty and rare species after Baron Cuvier, not merely byway of acknowledgment for the kind attentions which I received at thehands of that deservedly celebrated naturalist, but as a homage due by everystudent of nature to one unrivalled in the knowledge of General Zoology. I shot the bird represented in the Plate, on my father-in-laws plantationof Fatland Ford, on the Schuylkill river in Pennsylvania, on the 8th ofJune, 1S12, while on a visit to my honoured relative Mr. William Bake-well. The drawing whi

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