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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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grande Mouette cendree. Brif. Orn. 6. p. 182. 10. pL 16. fig. 2* Buff. OiJ. 8. p. 428.— PL enl. 977.Gabbiano minore* Zinan. 115. This fpecles is the moft common of all the gulls. It breeds onthe rocks and cliffs on our fhores and rivers which are contiguousto the fea, and is feen in vaft numbers on the Thames in fpring andWinter, picking up the fmall fifh, worms> &c. left by the tide. It is feen as far north as Iceland, Lapland, and the Ruffian Lakes%and alfo on the coaft of Newfoundland. It is an inhabitant of thewarmer climates of the fouth, as Greece, fome parts of Italy, andmod of the mores of the Mediterranean Sea* The length is feventeen inches: breadth thirty-fix inches, andweight one pound. The eggs are two inches and a half in length ;of a deep olive brown, marked with irregular deep red reddifhblotches #. They differ a little in their markings: Mr. Latham mentions one, the head and half the neck of which were marked with fhort dufkyflreaks. Lath. Gen. Syr, PLATE *7
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PLATE XLVII. FALCO MILVUS.KITE. ACCIPITRES. Birds of prey. Bill and claws ftrong. Hooked. An angle ineach margin of the upper mandible. Body mufcular. Femaleslarger, and more beautiful than the males. GENERIC CHARACTER.Bill much arched. A cere or membrane at the bafe. SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND STNONTMS. Cere and irides yellow. Head hoary white with dafhes of black.Body ferruginous. Tail forked. Legs yellow. Falco Milvus; Cera flava, cauda forficata, corpore ferruginep,capite albidiore.—Fn. $v. 59, Linn* $)(/?• Nat*X. 89. 10. edit, 10. Milvus, Rail Syji.p.t). N* -4. 6. Gefn, av. 609.Kite, or Glead. Will, orn, p. 74. /. 6. M Kit?. PLATE XLVIL Kite. Perm. Br. Zool i. 185. 53. Lath. Gen. Syn. I. p. 6l. N° 43. Le Milan royal. Behn. av. 129. BrlJ. orn. 1. ^. 414. N 35. /. 33.Buff. oif. 1. p. 197. /. 7.-—JV. «£422.Rottier Milon. Zrarc. 326. Glada. Faun. Suec. fp. 57. Nibbio. Zinan 82. Glede, Puttock, Kyte Turneru The Kite is very common in England, and is well known in fe-veral parts o

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