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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 on the principles of Cuvier and other modern zoologists
Year: 1820 (1820s)
Authors: Swainson, William, 1789-1855 Dall, William Healey, 1845-1927, former owner. DSI
Subjects: Zoology
Publisher: London : Printed by R. and A. Taylor for Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy and W. Wood
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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deed, this bird is a striking example,) which are muchnearer allied to Dacelo than to Alcedo, where they nowstand. It will appear, therefore, more natural to considerHalci/oii and Dacelo as one genus — which may be calledby either name, but which must be distinguished by thecharacters herein given to Halcyon, inasmuch as the genericdefinition oi Dacelo (founded on one bird) will be found toorestricted to comprehend all. Total length ten inches ; bill two and a half from the gape,and one and a half from the nostrils; the tip of the uppermandible with a slight inclination downwards, and with anappearance of a notch; the whole head, neck, and underplumage, of a delicate fawn colour; under wing covers thesame ; the remaining upper plumage, with the wings and tail,changeable blue green; ears sea green and dusky, united toa narrow black nuchal collar; wings four inches long, andthe tail, which is even, three and a quarter; the hind head isslightly crested, and the feet pale brown. PI. 67.
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^■ ^^. POGONIAS rubrifrons,Red-fronted ToothbilL Generic Character.Rostrum mediocre, crassnm, xalidum, basi latiore quam altiore, lihrissislongis incumhentihus tecfd, latcrihus tilfra basin compressis, culminearcuato, subcarinato ; mandibuloe stiperioris margitie dentibus 1 xel2 armato, mandibulce injerioris marginem obtegeiite. Nares approxi-mantes, panoe, rotunda-, per rostri basinperforatce. Pedesscansorii,digitis posticis versatilibus. Typus Genericus Buceo Diibius Lath. Bill moderate, thick, strong, the base broader than high, witli longincumbent bristles, the sides beyond compressed, the top arched,and slightly carinated ; upper mandible with one or two strongteeth on each side, the margin folding over that of the lowermandible; nostrils approximating, small, round, perforatedthrough the base of the bill. Feet scansorial. Hind toe versa-tile. Generic Type Doubtful Barbut Lath. Specific Character,P, niger; sincipite juguhqne rubris; alls et caudd fuscis; tegminummargine exter?w

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