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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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untry, in the milderparts efpecially, than may be imagined ; though, from the fiiynefs ofits manners, it is not often feen. As a migratory fpecies it is oneof our early fpring vifitors ; indeed fo early, that it is imagined, andwith fome probability, ftragglers may remain with us throughoutthe winter when the weather is mild. Inftances of this nature oc-cur at lealt in the warmer parts of Britain. Its note, which is amere twit, twit, or, as fome liken it, to the words chip chop, is heard PLATE CLVI. heard fometimes as early as March. It feeds on inre6ls, which ittakes occafionally on the wing ; and it is obferved to be moft frequentabout plantations of fir.trees. 9 !Dr. Latham defcribes the neft as being of an arched form, com-pofed of dry bents, mixed with a little mofs, and thickly lined withfeathers: it is placed on the ground under a tuft of grafs, or at thebottom of a bufh. The eggs, five in number, white and fprinkledall over with red fpots, efpecially at the largeft end. PLATS.
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PLATE CLVII PHALAROPUS HYPERBOREUSoRED PHALAROPE. GENERIC CHARACTER. Bill roundifti, ftraight, and ufually fpmewhat inflefted at the top snoftrils minute: feet lobate, or furniHied with lateral membranejijgenerally fcalloped. SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND SYNONYMS. Cinereous beneath, riimp and band on the \ving white: breaftpinereous : neck at the fides ferruginous. Phalaropus Hyperboreus. Lath. Ind. Orn. T, 2, 775. 1.— Gen. Syn. 5, p. 270. 1, Tringa Hyperborea. Cinereus, fubtus uropygio fafciaque alarum alb is, pectore cinereo, colli lateribus fer-rugineis. Linn. Syjl, Nat, 1. p, 24>9. 9.—Frt*Suec. N^ 179. Gmel SyJl. I. p. 675. Faun. GroenLN^ 75 (masj. Phalaropus PLATE CLVII. Phalaropus Cinereus. Bnf,6.p. IS. 2.Gock Coot-footed Tringa. Edw, /. 143.- Red Phalaropq. Br- Zool 2. n, 219. 17.—Lath, Gen, Syn. 5. 270. 1,Tringa Fulicaria. Linn. Syjl. l.p. 616. 6. (Jem,) There are certain birds v/hich it is weli known to the experiencedOrnithologiil, exhibit at the two remote periods of the

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