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English: Anas moschata

Identifier: naturalhistoryof03albi (find matches)
Title: A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life
Year: 1731 (1730s)
Authors: Albin, Eleazar, fl. 1713-1759 Derham, W. (William), 1657-1735 Dwight, Jonathan, 1858-1929, former owner. DSI Tucker, Marcia Brady, former owner. DSI
Subjects: Birds Birds
Publisher: London : Printed for the author and sold by William Innys in St. Paul's Church yard, John Clarke under the Royal-Exchange, Cornhill, and John Brindley at the King's Arms in New Bond-Street
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theend 5 the upper Mandible hath a round tuberous pieceof Flefh growing between the Noftrils, reprefenting a fmallrtd Cherry^ it is red towards the end, the Hook black j theIrides of the Eyes are white round; it is a red flefhy Sub-ftance like that on the top of the Bill. The top of the Head and Neck are dufky, motled withwhite, the Back and Wings of an odd Mixture of Colours,viz. dark brown, red, purple, green, and white; the Breaftand Belly are white, with fome few brown Feathers hereand there; the Legs and Feet orange Colour. The Penis of this Bird is very large, being an Inch thickand four or live Inches long, and red like Blood, they area very profitable Bird, if you feed them well, the Henlaying a great many Eggs, and in a fhort time hatching agreat number of Ducklings; their Flefh hath a pleafantTafle, different from that of the common Duck; the Henis of the fame Colours of the Cock, and fbmetimes white,and has not that round Cherry-like Excrefcence on the up-per Mandible. The
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  • bookid:naturalhistoryof03albi
  • bookyear:1731
  • bookdecade:1730
  • bookcentury:1700
  • bookauthor:Albin__Eleazar__fl__1713_1759
  • bookauthor:Derham__W___William___1657_1735
  • bookauthor:Dwight__Jonathan__1858_1929__former_owner__DSI
  • bookauthor:Tucker__Marcia_Brady__former_owner__DSI
  • booksubject:Birds
  • bookpublisher:London___Printed_for_the_author_and_sold_by_William_Innys_in_St__Paul_s_Church_yard__John_Clarke_under_the_Royal_Exchange__Cornhill__and_John_Brindley_at_the_King_s_Arms_in_New_Bond_Street
  • bookcontributor:Smithsonian_Libraries
  • booksponsor:Biodiversity_Heritage_Library
  • bookleafnumber:302
  • bookcollection:biodiversity
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  • BHL Consortium
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