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Title: The birds of Europe
Year: 1837 (1830s)
Authors: Gould, John, 1804-1881
Subjects: Pictorial works Birds
Publisher: London, Printed by R. and J.E. Taylor, pub. by the author
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owing description of the windpipe of this bird from Shaws General Zoology, vol. xii.p. 177.— The trachea of this bird is of a singular construction, and differs from that of the other Anatidce :it rather increases in size at each extremity : at the lower end, close to the labyrinth, one side is flattened,and instead of the bony rings continuing round of their full breadth, this part is crossed with four distantlinear bones as fine as a thread, which support a delicate transparent membrane three quarters of an inch inlength, and almost three eighths of an inch broad at the base : below this ribbed membrane projects the bonypart of the labyrinth, with a tympanum of a kidney shape placed transversely to the trachea, the middle ofwhich is flat and membranaceous : the opposite side of the labyrinth is depressed, and from the bottom of thispart the branchiae take their origin. The Plate exhibits a male and female, in their winter plumage, rather more than three fourths of thenatural size.
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P CMH 5 ^a Genus UNDINA, Mihi. Gen. Char. Beak elevated and protuberant at its base, with a furrow on the upper ridge;anterior half very much depressed and broad. Nostrils situated at the junction of theelevated and depressed portion. Wings very short, pointed, and concave; the first quill-feather the longest, the scapularies reaching to the end of the wing. Tail cuneiform, andcomposed of twenty narrow stiff feathers, unprotected at the base by coverts both aboveand below. Legs placed far behind. Tarsi flattened, and much shorter than the toes.Toes long, and fully webbed, the outer one the longest; hind toe situated high on thetarsus and lobated. General plumage dense, glossy, and adpressed. WHITE-HEADED DUCK. Undina leucocephala, Mihi.Anas leucocephala, Linn.Le Canard couronne. On attentively inspecting the genera comprising the European Ducks, as instituted by modern naturalists, it isevident that the present species is not referrible to any one of them at present recognised. The co

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