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Title: The birds of Europe
Year: 1837 (1830s)
Authors: Gould, John, 1804-1881
Subjects: Pictorial works Birds
Publisher: London, Printed by R. and J.E. Taylor, pub. by the author
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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Creeper . Certhia familiaris, Linn. . . 237 Hoopoe . Upupa epops, Linn. . 238 Wall Creeper . Tichodroma phcenicoptera, Temm. . . 239 Common Cuckoo Cuculus Canorus, Linn. . . 240 Great Spotted CuckooAmerican Cuckoo . (rlinHnviiT1 T tww . 241 . 242 J 5^ ldllU.CH lUDj J-dvlviv* • • Coccyzus Americanus, Vieill. . * Since the completion of the work Captain S. E. Cook has informed me, that I have made one or two slight mistakesin my account of the Azure-winged Magpie, Pica cyanea; and adds that it is stationary in Spain, and not migratoryas thought by M. Wagler. There is also a mistake respecting its inhabiting willows, which are rare in Spain, and notfound at all where this bird is most frequent. It is common in all the royal parks and chaces in New Castile, but isby far the most numerous in the Sierra Morena, in some parts of which it is so abundant, as to be very destructive in theolive grounds. t Named erroneously on the Plate Picus tridactylus. % Named erroneously Sitta rufescens.
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&EEAT TIT, Paxils JVIaj or; (Zvrm.j >JfiazcM/& tmiSfoM/ Zt , Tfc S. (kmZ&. i . :- .:_:■.<,..:!..:!■ .. Genus PARUS. Gen. Char. Bill strong, short, somewhat conical, slightly compressed, sharp-pointed, andhard. Nostrils basal, round, covered with reflected bristly feathers. Feet with three toesbefore and one behind; the fore ones divided to their origin; the hind toe strong and armedwith a long hooked claw. Wings, the first quill of moderate length or almost obsolete; thesecond shorter than the third ; the fourth and fifth longest. GREAT TIT. Parus major, Linn. Le Mesange charbonniere. The Great Tit, as its name implies, is one of the largest and most typical of the native examples of thepresent genus ; and it is also certainly one of the most beautiful, from the contrasts of its colours, which arebrilliant and decided. In its habits and manners, as well as the places it frequents, it strictly agrees withits congeners. It is distributed throughout the whole of thebirdsEuropeIIIGoul

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