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Identifier: naturalhistoryof01albi (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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-^n/er .^^lamu ^^ -l^i^ia^n<^ ^/i^J/ianj/^ ^/i7v/e. 2^:^/^ c^: ( 8/ )The Spauijh Goofe, or Swan Goofe. Anfer cygnoides. I Numb. XCr. TS Weight is eight Pound and a half; its Length fromthe Tip of its Bill to the End of its Tail, three Foot fe-ven Inches; Breadth four Foot eleven Inches ; the Back isof a dark grey mixed with redilh brown, the Belly whitiih,and the 1 hroat and Breaft of a pale rediih brown; a Lineor Lift of dark brown runs all along the Ridge of the Neck,from the Head to the Back; the Bill is black, from the Rootof which arifes a Knob or Bunch hanging over it, which inthe Males and old Birds is very large; a Line or Fillet ofwhite between the Eyes and Bill adorns the Head ; the Tailis of the fame Colour with the Back and Wings, the Tips ofthe Feathers in fome of them being whitiih; the Feet are ofan Orange Colour, and in fome the Bill too, and the backToe is little: It is a ftately Bird, walking with the Neckere6l:ed. They frequently couple with our tame Geefe^ andpr

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