File:A hand-book to the game-birds (1896) (14563132399).jpg

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Original file ‎(3,222 × 2,117 pixels, file size: 2.18 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary

[edit]
Description
English:

Identifier: handbooktogamebia01ogil (find matches)
Title: A hand-book to the game-birds
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: Ogilvie-Grant, W. R. (William Robert), 1863-1924
Subjects: Game and game-birds
Publisher: London : E. Lloyd
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

View Book Page: Book Viewer
About This Book: Catalog Entry
View All Images: All Images From Book
Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.

Text Appearing Before Image:
, as manyas seventeen having been found in a nest. Colour varyingfrom olive-buff to greenish-brown, rather heavily dotted all overwith well-defined chocolate-brown spots. Average measure-ments, 2*2 inches by 1*5. THE SHARP-TAILED GROUSE. GENUS PEDICECETES. PedioccEtes, Baird, Rep. Expl. & Surv. ix. pt. 2, Zool. p. 625(1858). Type, P, phasianellus (Linn.). Toes naked and pectinate along the sides. Tail rather longand wedge-shaped, composed of eighteen feathers, the middlepair being more than twice as long as the outer pair. The males are provided with an inflatable air-sac on eachside of the neck, but have no elongate neck-tufts. I. THE NORTHERN SHARP-TAILED GROUSE. PEDICECETESPHASIANELLUS. Tetraophasianellus, Linn. S. N. i. p. 273 (1766). Pedioccetes kennicotti, Suckl. P. Ac. Philad. 1861, pp. 334, 361. Pedioccetes phasianellus, Elliot, P. Ac. Philad. 1862, p. 403; Bendire, Life Hist. N. Am. B. p. 97, pi. iii. figs. 3-5 (1892); Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 82 (1893).
Text Appearing After Image:
THE SHARP-TAILED GROUSE. 69 Fediodcelcsphasianellus^ Blakiston, Ibis, 1862, p. 8.Fedixcdtcsphasianellus^ Elliot, Monogr. Tetraon. pi. xv. (1865).(Plate VIL) Adult Male and Temalc.—Distinguished from the smaller andmore southern form, P. co/in/ibianus, by having the generalcolour above dark, the black on the upper-parts predominatingover the rufous, buff, and white markings; the feathers of thechest black, with a white heart-sliaped patch in the middleand a white fringe round the margin. Male measures: Totallength, i6-8 inches; wing, 8-4; tail, 4-6; tarsus, 1*5. Femalesomewhat smaller. Range.—Interior of British America, extending north to FortSimpson, south to Lake Winnipeg and the north shore ofLake Superior, east to Hudson Bay, and west to the RockyMountains. Habits.—The habits of this form appear to be very similar tothose of its more southern representative. It inhabits thewooded districts and borders of the tundras near the lakes. Eggs.—Seven to fourteen in number. Fawn b

Note About Images

Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
Date
Source

https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/14563132399/

Author Internet Archive Book Images
Permission
(Reusing this file)		 At the time of upload, the image license was automatically confirmed using the Flickr API. For more information see Flickr API detail.
Volume
InfoField
1
Flickr tags
InfoField
  • bookid:handbooktogamebia01ogil
  • bookyear:1896
  • bookdecade:1890
  • bookcentury:1800
  • bookauthor:Ogilvie_Grant__W__R___William_Robert___1863_1924
  • booksubject:Game_and_game_birds
  • bookpublisher:London___E__Lloyd
  • bookcontributor:American_Museum_of_Natural_History_Library
  • booksponsor:Biodiversity_Heritage_Library
  • bookleafnumber:101
  • bookcollection:biodiversity
  • bookcollection:americanmuseumnaturalhistory
  • bookcollection:americana
  • BHL Collection
  • BHL Consortium
Flickr posted date
InfoField
26 July 2014


Licensing

[edit]
This image was taken from Flickr's The Commons. The uploading organization may have various reasons for determining that no known copyright restrictions exist, such as:
  1. The copyright is in the public domain because it has expired;
  2. The copyright was injected into the public domain for other reasons, such as failure to adhere to required formalities or conditions;
  3. The institution owns the copyright but is not interested in exercising control; or
  4. The institution has legal rights sufficient to authorize others to use the work without restrictions.

More information can be found at https://flickr.com/commons/usage/.

Please add additional copyright tags to this image if more specific information about copyright status can be determined. See Commons:Licensing for more information.
This image was originally posted to Flickr by Internet Archive Book Images at https://flickr.com/photos/126377022@N07/14563132399. It was reviewed on 24 September 2015 by FlickreviewR and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the No known copyright restrictions.

24 September 2015

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current03:28, 9 October 2018Thumbnail for version as of 03:28, 9 October 20183,222 × 2,117 (2.18 MB)Ruff tuff cream puff (talk | contribs)full plate
02:01, 13 November 2015Thumbnail for version as of 02:01, 13 November 20152,752 × 1,824 (1.04 MB)SteinsplitterBot (talk | contribs)Bot: Image rotated by 90°
01:44, 24 September 2015Thumbnail for version as of 01:44, 24 September 20151,824 × 2,764 (1.05 MB)Fæ (talk | contribs)== {{int:filedesc}} == {{information |description={{en|1=<br> '''Identifier''': handbooktogamebia01ogil ([https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&profile=default&fulltext=Search&search=insource%3A%2Fhandbooktogamebia01ogil%2F f...

You cannot overwrite this file.

The following page uses this file:

Metadata

This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong.

Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:A_hand-book_to_the_game-birds_(1896)_(14563132399).jpg&oldid=778283663"