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Identifier: britishzoology02penn (find matches)
Title: British zoology
Year: 1776 (1770s)
Authors: Pennant, Thomas, 1726-1798
Subjects: Zoology -- Great Britain
Publisher: Warrington, Printed by W. Eyres, for B. White, London
Contributing Library: MBLWHOI Library
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herefore we mud give Mr. JVilhighbfs * Kramer Blench, anim, Auftria, 348. account 4*8 WHITE HERON. Class II. account of it. The length to the end of the feet isfifty-three inches and a half, to that of the tailonly forty; the breadth fixty inches; the weightforty ounces. The bill is yellowifh; the naked fkin betweenthat and the eyes green ; the edges of the eye-lids,and the irides, are of a pale yellow; the legs areblack ; the inner edge of the middle claw ferrated :the whole plumage is of a fnowy whitenefs. Thisbird is very common in many parts of Europe;Turner fays, that in his time this fpecies bred(though rarely) in the fame places with the com-mon fort: but we believe it to be feldom foundwith us at prefent, any more than the fmall fpeciesof crefted white heron mentioned by Leland^ un-der the name of Egritte, in one of the bills of farein the magnificent feafts of our anceftors *. * Lelands colletfanea, Vol. 6. L Aigrette. Brijfon a<v,V- 43• bi: pi. Lxiir 7WJ76 f7h C iHLEWT,
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Class IL CURLEW. 429 BILL long, (lender, incurvated.NOSTRILS linear, placed near the bafe.TONGUE ihort, fharp pointed.TOES connected as far as the firft joint by allrong membrane. XXIX.CURLEW, Le Ccrlieu. Belon av. 204.Arquata, five numenius. Gef- ner a<v. 221.Arcafe Torquato. Aldr. av. III. 169.Wil, cm. 294.Rail fyn. av. 103.Le Courly. Brijjbn av. V. 3- GoifTer,Brach-icknepf. Kram, 350. Frifch, II. 229.Scolopax arquata. Lin. fyjl. 242.Faun. Suec. /p. 168.Dams Heel-fpove. Regn. Spa- aer. Regn. Spove. Brunnicb9 158.Br. Zoo/. 118. 176. Cur- LEW. THESE birds frequent our fea coafts andmarfhes in the winter time in large flocks,walking on the open fands; feeding on iriells,frogs, crabs, and other marine infects: in fummerthey retire to the mountanous and unfrequentedparts of the country, where they pair and breed.Their eggs are of a pale olive color, marked withirregular but diftincl: fpots of pale brown. Theirflefh. is very rank and fifhy, notwithstanding anold Englijlj proverb in its

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  • bookid:britishzoology02penn
  • bookyear:1776
  • bookdecade:1770
  • bookcentury:1700
  • bookauthor:Pennant__Thomas__1726_1798
  • booksubject:Zoology____Great_Britain
  • bookpublisher:Warrington__Printed_by_W__Eyres__for_B__White__London
  • bookcontributor:MBLWHOI_Library
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  • bookleafnumber:29
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