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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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. rZooLLe petit pic varie. Br if. Orn. iv, p* 41. N° 15,Le petit Epeiche. Buff. Oif 7. />. 62.—PL enl 598,Kleiner bunt. Specht. Frifch. t. 37.Baumbackterl. Kramer. 336. N° 5. This is the fmallefl European fpecies of the Woodpecker genus;We have any knowledge of at this time ; its length is fix inches, breadtheleven inches, and weight one ounce. It vifits orchards, and feeds en the larva of infects, which it fome-times pecks out of the trunks of trees or decayed wood. It builds inan hole of a tree* Our figure reprefent§ the male ; the female has thecrown of the head white.—This fpecies is not commonly met within England. Buffon fays it inhabits moft of the provinces of France *, and Lin-naus obferves it inhabits the higher parts of Afia \ it is faid alfo to befeen as far north as Denniark^ Ruffia^ and Siberia. Pennant remarks it has all the characters and actions of the greaterkind, but is not fo often met with. % Salerne denies its being found in France. Om. p. 107. PLATE 37
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PLATE XXXVII. PICUS V I R I D I S. Green Woodpecker, P i c JE. Bill compreffed, convex. GENERIC CHARACTER. Bill ftraitj ftrong, angular. Noftrils covered with recumbentbriftles. Tongue very long, ilender, armed with a fharp bony point.Two fore and two hind claws. SPECIFIC CHARACTER, AND SYNONYMS. CroWn crimfon. Back green. Rump yellow, beneath pale greemLegs and feet greenifh, inclining to lead colour.Picus Viridis. P. viridis, vertice coccineo. Fn. Suec. 8o» Linn. Syji. Nat.Gefn. av. 710. Scop. Ann. I. p. 47. N° 52,Brun. N° 39. Sepp. Fog. pi. in. p. 43.Rali Syn. />. 42. A.Pico Verde. Aldu av. I. 416. G Green PLATE XXXVII. Green Woodpecker. Albln. I, pi. 18. Br. Zool.l. N°84. Ara. Zool. II. />. 277. B. £«*£» C^w. ty». II. f, 577. N92>Woodfpite, Rain fowl. High-hoe, Hew-hole. Will. Orn. p. 135. r. 21.Le Pic verd. J5n)C Gr«. 4. />. 9. N° I, jBa^I 0//: 8. />. 7. />/. I.—PA enl 371. 879,Le Pic mart, Pic verd,Pic jaulne. Belon. av. 299.Grun-fpecht, Frifch. t.

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