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Identifier: naturalhistoryof02albi (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
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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Eyes of a hazel Colour; above the Eyes is a naked Skinof a fcarlet Colour in the Place of Eye-Brows: the Legs on the fore Partare feathered down to the Foot or Rife of the Toes, but bare behind;the Toes are joined together by a Membrane as far as the firft Joint,they having a Border of Skin all along ftanding out a little and ferrate;the Head and Neck black and grizzled with fmall Specks of white;the Breaft dark green, fpotted and fpeclded with black and white; theWing brown, the Back a dusky brown; the Tail Black 5 the lowerPart of the Belly and Thighs dusky, mottled with white: The wholeBird is fpotted and fpeckled with black and white. The Hen is of a yellowifh brown and white, finely marked with blackFeathers having white Tips. Both the Cock and Hen have a large whiteSpot on the fcapular Part of the Wing. Thefe Birds differ in their Coloursvery much, either by Age, Place, or other Accidents. They are foundin the mountainous Parts of Miifcovy-i the Alps^ and other Places. Thd M Wi
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