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Title: The birds of America : from drawings made in the United States and their territories
Year: 1840 (1840s)
Authors: Audubon, John James, 1785-1851 Bowen, John T., ca. 1801-1856?, lithographer
Subjects: Birds Birds
Publisher: New York : Published by J.J. Audubon Philadelphia : J.B. Chevalier
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e European. Genus II.—ORPHEUS, Sivains. MOCKING-BIRD. Bill of moderate length or longish, rather slender, straight or slightlyarched, broader than high at the base, compressed toward the end, acute;upper mandible with the ridge rather narrow, the sides convex toward theend, the notches very slight, the tip narrow; lower mandible with the angleof moderate length, the dorsal line straight or slightly decurved toward theend, the sides nearly erect, the tip narrow. Nostrils oblong, partiallyconcealed by the feathers. Head of ordinary size, ovato-oblong; neck ofmoderate length; body rather slender. Feet of ordinary length, slender;tarsus scarcely so long as the middle toe and claw; hind toe of moderatelength, stout, lateral toes equal; claws moderate, arched, compressed, acute.Plumage soft and blended. Bristles rather long. Wings of ordinarylength, broad, rounded, the first quill very small, the fourth and fifthlongest. Tail very long, straight, much rounded, or graduated. JTC3 8 PI.138.
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■- H lMTl B Printed bv tndicott N«. Y„rk 187 COMMON MOCKING-BIRD. Orpheus polyglottus, Linn.PLATE CXXXVIIL—Male and Female. It is where the great magnolia shoots up its majestic trunk, crowned withevergreen leaves, and decorated with a thousand beautiful flowers, thatperfume the air around; where the forests and fields are adorned withblossoms of every hue; where the golden orange ornaments the gardens andgroves; where bignonias of various kinds interlace their climbing stemsaround the white-flowered stuartia, and mounting still higher, cover thesummits of the lofty trees around, accompanied with innumerable vines,that here and there festoon the dense foliage of the magnificent woods,lending to the vernal breeze a slight portion of the perfume of theirclustered flowers; where a genial warmth seldom forsakes the atmosphere;where berries and fruits of all descriptions are met with at every step;—in aword, kind reader, it is where Nature seems to have paused, as she passedover t

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