File:A history of British birds (1871) (14750971065).jpg

Identifier: historyofbritish03yarre (find matches)
Title: A history of British birds
Year: 1871 (1870s)
Authors: Yarrell, William, 1784-1856 Newton, Alfred, 1829-1907 Saunders, Howard, 1835-1907
Subjects: Birds
Publisher: London, J. Van Voorst
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries

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:
PllEASANi GALLINM. 91 PIlASIANID.fi.
Text Appearing After Image:
Phasianus colchicus (LiumBus*).THE PHEASANT.Phasianus colchicus. Phasianus, Brissonf.—Bill of moderate length, strong ; upper mandibleconvex, naked at the base, and with the tip bent downwards. Nostrils basal,lateral, covered with a cartilaginous scale ; cheeks, and the skin surrounding the ♦ Syst. Nat. Ed. 12, i. p. 271 (1766). f Ornithologie, i. p. 262 (1760). 92 PHASIANID.E. eyes, destitute of feathers, and with a verrucose red covering. Wings short:the first quill-feather narrow towards the tiji; the fourth and fifth feathers thelongest in the wing. Tail long, wedge-shaped, graduated, containing eighteenfeathers. Feet—three toes in front, one behind; the three anterior toes unitedby a membrane as far as the first joint; the hind toe articulated upon the tarsus,which in the male birds is furnished with a horny, conical, and sharp si>ur. Both the generic and specific names of the Pheasant aredue to the mythological tradition which attributes to Jasonand his Argonauts the in

Note About Images