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Title: The natural history of British birds, or, A selection of the most rare, beautiful and interesting birds which inhabit this country : the descriptions from the Systema naturae of Linnaeus : with general observations, either original or collected from the latest and most esteemed English ornithologists : and embellished with figures, drawn, engraved, and coloured from the original specimens
Year: 1794 (1790s)
Authors: Donovan, E. (Edward), 1768-1837 Latham, John, 1740-1837 Pennant, Thomas, 1726-1798 Gilbert, Richard, 1794-1852, printer Donovan, E. (Edward), 1768-1837. Natural history of the nests and eggs of British birds Linné, Carl von, 1707-1778. Systema naturae. Regnum animale F. and C. Rivington (Firm), publisher F., C. and J. Rivington (Firm), publisher Law and Gilbert, printer R. & R. Gilbert (Firm), printer Leverian Museum (London, England)
Subjects: Birds
Publisher: London : Printed for the author, and for F. and C. Rivington ...
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o^ Beaumans^ informed me, that on the 2,3d ofAuguft (1776) fo entire was the migration, that neither Pufnn, Pvazor-Bill, Guillemotor Iern was to be fecn there. Brit. ZooL 2. 515. •j- They are potted at St. Kilda and elfewherc, and fent to London ^s rarities. Thebones are taken out, and the fiefn wrapped in ths fidn 3 ar^ e^iten with vinegar, andtail? like baJi.-d hjn-i^igs. Lat. Gen. ^f. are P L A T E VIIL are either dug out, or drawn from their burrows by a hooked ftick:they bite extremly hard, and keep fuch fall hold on whatever theyfaften,. that it is with difficulty they can be difengaged j when they aretaken, their noife is very difagreeable, being like the efforts of a dumbperfon to fpeak. It flies with great flrength and fwiftnefs when it gets on the wing,but meets with many falls before that can be effe6led: the legs arcplaced fo far behind, that it cannot ftand except quite eredl; and atthat time it refts not only on the feet, but on the whole length of thelegs alfo. PLATE
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PLATE IX. : U P U P A E P O P S» Common HoopoEi P I C -ffi. Bill comprelTed, convex. GENERIC CHARACTER. Bill long, flender and bending. Noftrils fmall, placed near the bafe.Tongue ihort, fagittal. Toes three before, and one behind j themiddle one connedted at the bafe to the outmoft. SPECIFIC CHARACTER, AND ST NO NT MS, >• Bill black, Hender. Tongue triangular; placed low in the tliouth.Creft compofed of a double row of feathers; of a pale reddifh brown.Breaft and belly white. Back fcapulars and wings, barred with blackand white. Tail of ten feathers; black marked with white, in theform of a crefcent, with the horns pointing towards the end of thefeathers. Legs fhort and black. . Upupa Epops. Lin. Syfr. Nat. i. p, 183. N® I. Scop, Ann, I. p, 53. N*^ 62. Muller, p, 13. 103. Brun. N^ 43. Georgi, Retfe, p, 165. Sepp. Vog, pL in. p. 129. Faun Arag. p. 74. Kolb. Cap. ii. p, 157. XJpuPA. i^fl//. 5y;z.^. 48. A. 6. Gefner. ^-y. 776, Kramer, ekn, p. 337. F UpupaI PLATE IX, Upupa; arquat

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