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Title: The genera of birds : comprising their generic characters, a notice of the habits of the genus, and an extensive list of species referred to their several genera
Year: 1849 (1840s)
Authors: Gray, George Robert, 1808-1872 Mitchell, David William
Subjects: Birds Birds
Publisher: London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans

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female usually lavs from eight to fourteen eggs. The male leaves the care of incubation to the female ;but assists her in the rearing and feeding of the young. 1. L. scoticus (Lath.) Steph. Goulds B. of Eur. pi. 252. 2. L. albus (Gmel.) Steph. Goulds B. of Eur. pi. 255. — Tetraolapponicus Gmel. ; T. Lagopus Retz.; T. subalpinus Nils. ; T.saliceti Temm. Audub. B. of Amer. pi. 101., Edwardss Birds pi. 72.,Audub. B. of Amer. pi. 191. 3. L. mutus Leach. — Tetrao Lagopus Liun. PI. enl. 129. 49<L;Lagopus alpinus Nils. ; L. vulgaris Vieill. Goulds B. of Eur. pi.253.; T. rupestris, pi. 254. ? ; L. americanus Audub. 4. L. rupestris (Lath. ?) Steph. Faun. Bor. Amer. pi. 64., Audub.B. of Amer. pi. 368. 418. f. 1. 5. L. leucurus Swains. Faun. Bor. Amer. pi. 63., Audub. B. ofAmer. pi. 418. 6. L. brachydactylus (Temm.) Goulds B. of Eur. pi. 256. 7. L. isluudorum Faber, Prod, der Island. Orn. p. 6. 8. L. persicus G. R. Gray. * Established by Brisson (Ornitlwloyir) in 1760. February, 1845. 1 1
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MCZ LIbP.ArtYHARVARD UNIVERSITYCAMBRIDGE. MA USA Order V. GALLING. Family IV. Tetraonidje. The fifth Subfamily, PTEROCLINiE, or Sand Grouse, have the Bill short, with the culmen curved to the tip, and the sides compressed; theWings and Taillengthened and pointed; the Tarsi longer than the middle toe, robust, and more or less covered withfeathers; the Toes moderate and robust, the lateral toes more or less united to the middle one, and thehind toe rudimental. Pterocles Temm* Bill small, the culmen rounded and curved to the tip, the sides compressed, and the lateral marginsarched and entire; the nostrils basal, lateral, with the opening partly closed by a membrane, which isnearly hidden by the frontal plumes. Wings very long and pointed, with the first and second quills thelongest. Tail moderate and wedge-shaped. Tarsi robust, longer than the middle toe, with the frontand inner sides clothed with feathers. Toes short, thick, much united at their bases by a prominentmembrane, which exten

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