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Identifier: birdsofbritain00bonh (find matches)
Title: Birds of Britain
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Bonhote, J. Lewis (John Lewis), 1875-1922 Dresser, Henry Eeles, 1838-1915
Subjects: Birds -- Great Britain
Publisher: London, A. and C. Black
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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Africa. The forehead, lores, ear coverts, and sides of the neckand back are black; crown of the head chestnut; scapularswhite; wings blackish, primaries with white bases, secondariesand coverts tipped with white; and upper tail coverts greyturning to whitish; tail feathers black tipped with white ;under parts whitish. The female is duller and tinged withrufous on the upper parts. Length 7*1 in.; wing 3-8 in. . THE MASKED SHRIKE Lanius nubicus, Licht. This is a south-eastern species, one example of whichwas shot in Kent in July 1905. It is a rather smaller bird than any of our other Shrikes.The upper parts are chiefly black; scapulars, speculum, anda band across the forehead white. Chin, throat, and undertail coverts white; flanks and breast ferruginous. Length6*8 in.; wing 35 in. THE WAXWING Ampelis garrulus, Linnaeus Breeding as far north as the limit of tree growth willallow, the Waxwing is only known in these islands as an 104 WAX WINGA tnpelis garrulus Adult (left). Young (right)
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The Waxwing irregular winter visitor. It migrates yearly to South-eastFrance, Italy, and Turkey, and only under stress of weatherdo its migrations extend westwards, so as to include ourislands. Its food consists chiefly of berries, though insectsalso form no insignificant part of its diet. When in theseislands it will usually be found in plantations. It is ashort thick-set bird, having a steady and rapid flight whenon the wing. The general colour is greyish brown, and ithas a flat and backwardly-directed crest that can be erectedat will. The accompanying plate gives so good an idea ofthis bird, which has no affinities with any other species,that further description is unnecessary. The sexes arealike, but in the males the vermilion wax tips of the quilland tail feathers, to which it owes its popular name, arelarger and more numerous. In fully adult birds the yellow line of the outer veinof the primaries is continued on the inner vein, forming anarrow-shaped marking. Length 75 in.; wing

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