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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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s alfo found inEurope. Neither is the Merops Apiafter peculiar to Europe : it ex-tends both to Africa and Afia : in Europe it is confined to foutherncountries, and in Afia to more temperate regions. Till within the laft few years, this fpecies was altogether unknownas a native of Britain. The firft account we have of its being metwith in this country, is recorded in the third volume of the LinnasanTranfaftions, from which it appears, that a folitary example of thefpecies was fhot in the year 1794, and communicated to Dr. Smith. This bird meafures about ten inches, from the tip of the bill to theend of the tail. Its food confifts of infe6ls of various kinds, moreefpecially thofe of the bee tribe, in reference to which it bears thename of Bee-eater. Their nefts are faid to be compofed of mofs,and to be depofited, like that of the fand-martin, in deep holes in thebanks of rivers. The eggs arc fmaller than thofe of a blackbird, ofa white colour, and from five to feven in number. PLATE /28
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PLATE CXXVIIL PERDIX COTURNIX.COMMON QUAIL, Gallin^e. GENERIC CHARACTER. Bill convex and ftrong : noftiils with a prominent margin : orbitspapillous : legs naked, and moftly armed with a fpur. SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND SYNONYMS. Legs unarmed : body grey, fpotted : eye-brows white: tail featherwith ferruginous edge and crefcent. Perdix Coturnix : mutica, corpore grifeo maculato, faperciliisalbis, re£lricibus margine lunulaque ferruginea.Lath, Ind. Orn^ /. 2./. 651. n. .^8. Tetrao Coturnix. Linn, Syji, l. p, ^78, 2Q,-^Fn, Suec.No, ^OG.— Gmel. Syji, 1. p. 765. Quaglia. Zlnnan, Uov,p, 36, t, 5,f, Id, Wachtel. Guntb, Nejl, u, Ey, /. SB, La Caille. Buff, 2, p, 449. /. 16.—P/, enJ, 170. Quail. ArSi, ZooL2,p, S2Q. B,Alhln, 1. /. SO.Br.ZQoh I, No, 97.Vol. VL B The PLATE CXXVIIL The Quail is a fmall bird, about feven inches and a half in length;the female differs from the male, in being deilitute of the black fpotson the fore part of the neck, breaft, and lateral feathers, and in therufous fp

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