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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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he, does not defcribe this bird from his owninfpeclion ; and I muft confefs that it has never come under mine—■He alfo, fays Buff on, does not fpeak of it as uncommon, butgives it, as his opinion, that the red-backed Shrike is a variety of thisfpecies, as well as fome other kinds he mentions; and adds, thatfrom his own obfervation he cannot deny the fact. We have com-pared them, and do not hefitate to give them as two diftincl: fpecies. It is only the male bird that we have in our poffeflion. We muflown ourfelves indebted for the following defcription of the female toPennant and Latham; nor are we certain that our fpecimen was fhotin England, but rather fufpect that it came from Germany.—Thelength is feven inches and three quarters. The female differs fromthe male: the upper part of the head, neck and body are reddifh,flriated tranfverfely with brown : the lower parts of the body are ofa dirty white, rayed with brown, marked near the end with dufkyj,and tipped with red. P LAT E
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PLATE LXXXV. FRINGILLA MONTIFRINGILLA, BRAMBLING, Pas seres.Bill conic, pointed, Noftrils oval, broad, naked* GENERIC CHARACTER. Bill ftrong, conic, ftrait, fharp. SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND STNONTMS. Head, back of the neck, back, black, margins of the feathersrufous brown. Throat, foreparf of the neck, and breaft, pale reddifhorange. Belly white. Wing: letter coverts rufous pale. Quillsbrown with yellow edges, Montifringilla : alarum bafi fubtus fiaviffima. Fn. Sv, 198.t. 2, /. 198.—Linn.fyft, Nat, I. 79. 3. edit. 10.Montifringilla montana, Gefner av. 388.Bramble or Brambling. Will. Orn, 254. G Mountain PLATE LXXXV. Mountain-finch. Raii.Jyn* av. 88.Brambling. Perm. Br. ZooL 126. Lath. Gen.fyn. 3. 261.Le Montain. Belon. av. 372.Le Pincon dardennes. Brif. av. 3. 155.PI. enl. 54. /. 2.Pinofch. Scop. N° 218. Quseker, Bofinkins, Hore-Unge, Akerlan. Brum. 255.Nioowitz ; Meeker, Piencken. Kram. 367.Bergfinck (Mountain finch). Frifch. 1. 3. This is not a very common bird in England. It is of

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