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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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rs 2. /. 111. p. 20. t, 14. 2. Catharafta Skua, Bruu. N°, 125.—Mm//. N°. 167. Skua Hoyeri. Chif. exot. 369- Larus fufcus. Brif. 6. p. 165. 4.—/J. Sto. 11. p. 405.Le Goeland brun. Buff. viii. p. 408.Brown Gull. Albin. 11. ^. 85. Catarra6les or CorniOi Gannet. Raj. Av. p, 129. w. 7.—Will. Orn,p. 349. ^. 67. Skua Gull. BriL Zool. 2. n. 2A>fi.—ArB. ZooL 2. p. 531. • Gew. Si/n. VI. p. 385. 14. The Skua Gull is one of the moft fierce and voracious fpecies ofthe Gull tribe: the general colour cinereous brown, varied with rufty,and fufcous longitudinal fpots: the bill and talons llrong, and thewhole afpe6l Angularly ferocious and gloomy. This bird is of a large fize and very powerful: it feeds on filh, andon the fmaller tribes of birds that frequent watery fituations where itlives and breeds. Length two feet. It is an inhabitant of Europe^ Afia, and America: in Britain thefpecies is confidered rare, being a local kind and confined chiefly toCornwall, and the Hebrides. PLATE 230
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PLATE CCXXX. ALCA ALLE, fan. . LITTLE AUK, feinale. Anseres.GENERIC CHARACTER, Bill toothlefs, fliort, compreffed, convex^ often tranfverfely fur-rowed ; lower mandible gibbous near the bafe: noftrils linear: legsiMoftly three toed. SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND SYNONYMS. Bill fmootb, conic; beneath, and tips of the hind quill featherswhite : legs black. Alca Alle : roftro laevi conico, abdomine toto fubtus remigumquepofticarum apicibus albas, pedibus nigris. Linn.Fn, Suec. U<2,.— GmeL Syji. Nat. 554. 5.—Lath. Ind. Orn. 795. 10. Alca Alle. Faun. Groenl. N®. 54. Uria PLATE CCXXX. Uria Minor. jBW/TI vi. p. 73. ^.—-Id. Svo. 11./?. 378.Plautus Columbaiius^ Klein, Av. p. 146. /. Mergulus melaiio leucus roftro acuto brevi, Raii. Si/n, p. 125. A, 5. Will p. 261. t. 59.Le petit Guillemot. Buff. ix. p. 354.—P/. Enl 917.Small black and white Diver. Will. (Angl.) p. 343.Greenland Dove. Albiri, I* t. S5. Little Auk. Brit, Zool. 2. N°.Q33. t.S9..—Ard, Zool. 2. t,429.—LatL Syru V. p. 327.

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