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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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bje6lionable to indulge in thefantaftic introdu61ion of new names in the fcience of Natural Hiftorywhere others already applied are well know n and fufficiently eftablifliedto be underftood. We believe upon the beft information that thefpecies abounds in a ftate of nature in the eaftern parts of Siberia,svhere it frequents lakes and rivers^ and that it occafionally migratesfrom thence to other countries of Afia^ Africa^ and Europe, and hence PLATE CCXXXI. hence the fpecies might be perhaps diftlnguiilied with more proprietyby the appellation of the Siberian Goofe than any it bears at prefent. In point of fize the prefent fpecies exceeds that of the ordiHaryGoofe, and approaches nearer to the Swan; the length being morethan three feet: the annexed figure we trufl in this cafe as in nioftothers, will be found at leaft fufficiently accurate to fuperfede theneceffity of entering into any minute detail refpc6ling the colours andmarkings by which the plumage is diftinguiflied. PLATE 232 i i
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PLATE CCXXXIL ANAS BERNICLA,BRENT GOOSE.Ansere3. GENERIC CHARACTER. Bill convex, obtufe, the edges divided into lamellate teeth : tonguefringed and obtufe: three fore-toes conne6led, the hind one folitary. SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND SYNONYMS.Fufcous ; head_, neck, and breaft black: collar white. Anas Bernicla : fufca, capite, collo peftoreque nigris, collarialbo. Linn, Fn. Snec. 115.—Gmel. 513. 13.—Scop. Ann. I. A°. 84.—Brun. N°. 5%.—Frifch,t. IbQ.—Faun. Groenl. N°. Al—.BorowJk. Nat.111. p. 11. 3.—Lath, Lid, Orn. 844. Brenta, Brif, \i. p. 304. 16. t. Sl.-^Id.Svo. ii. 442.—Ecr;. Syn, p. 130. S,^WilL p. 275. t, d^^,—-Klein,Av.p. 130. 8. Le PLATE CCXXXIL Le Cravaiit. Biif. ix. p. 87.~P/. Enl. 342. Brent Goose, Brand Goose. Brit. ZooL ii. JV®. 270.— Jlbin. /, t. g3.—JVill. (Angl.) p. 360. Lath, Gen. Sfjn. vi. p. 467. 27. Length, about twenty-one inches: the prevailing colour of thehead, neck, and upper part black in the male, in the female brownifli,and in the younge

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