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Title: Illustrations of ornithology
Year: 1826 (1820s)
Authors: Jardine, William, 1800-1874 Selby, Prideaux John, 1788-1867 Lear, Edward, 1812-1888, ill Mitford, R. C. W. (Reginald Colville William), b. 1839, ill Hewitt, Eleanor G., donor. DSI Hewitt, Sarah Cooper, donor. DSI Lenox Library, former owner. DSI Bailer Bros. (Firm), binder. DSI
Subjects: Birds Birds Arsenic compounds
Publisher: Edinburgh : Published by W.H. Lizars London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, & Green, and S. Highley Dublin : W. Curry Junr. & Co.
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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subcristato, ptilis uropigioque flavis. Xanthornus chrysopterus, Fig. Zool. Journ. vol. ii. p. 190. We are indebted to N. A. Vigors, Esq. for the first notice of this hand-some species, whose specimens were derived from the same source asthat from which we have taken our present illustration, being part of oneof Dr Suchs remittances from Brazil. The size of our specimens ratherexceeds that from which Mr Vigors derived his description, being inlength nearly seven inches and a half. The bill is pale yellowish-white,assuming a bluish shade at the base, tapering and remarkably sharp at thetip, with the exception of the shoulders, the first of the upper wing-co-verts and rump, which are rich gamboge-yellow. The whole plumage isdull glossy black : the head, like many of the species, is slightly crested,and the base of the nostrils is thick set with small velvety feathers : theand legs are rather strong, and are deep brownish-black. The species isperfectly typical to Baron Cuviers genus. 81
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