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Identifier: colouredillustra21844meye (find matches)
Title: Coloured illustrations of British birds, and their eggs
Year: 1842 (1840s)
Authors: Meyer, H. L. (Henry Leonard), d. 1864 Meyer, H. L. (Henry Leonard), d. 1864. Illustrations of British birds Rutter, Daniel, former owner. DSI Rolle, Mark, former owner. DSI S. & J. Bentley, Wilson & Fley, printer S. & J. Bentley and Henry Fley, printer
Subjects: Birds Birds Birds Taxidermists Birds
Publisher: London : G.W. Nickisson
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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are paleyellowish-grey. The chin, and all the under parts are sulliedwhite, tinged on the flanks, and still more strongly on thebreast with rufous yellow. The legs and feet are orange- 148 SYLVIAD.E. brown. The top of the head is ornamented with a brilliantcrest of elongated feathers of a rich orange colour ; thiscolour is bordered on each side with a stripe of deep blackfeathers, whose inner webs are pale lemon-yellow. Thefemale perfectly resembles the male in the distribution of hercolours, but her crest is paler, and inclining to yellow. The young birds of the year in autumn resemble theirparents in the distribution of their colours, but the greenon their upper plumage is strongly tinged with grey, espe-cially about the sides of the head : they are also smallerin size. The beak in adult birds is black: in young onesthe base of the under mandible is horn-colour. It is thinand awl-shaped, broad at the base, and narrow towards thetip. The egg of the Golden-crested Wren is figured 73.
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