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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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ifiis ftriatus fagittatus. Frifch. t. 90, Ql, 92.Sperber. Gwith, ISleJh u. Eijer. t. (1Epervier, Buff. 1. p. 225. t. I l.— P/. EnL 412. 46?.Sparrow Hawk. .4//;. /. t. b.—-l(L 111. ^. 4. Will. (Angl.) p. 86.ZooL L N° 62. that of the female fourteenor fifteen inches. This is a fierce and aftive kind of Hawk, but not very powerful,the bill Jjeing fmall and the legs unlike mofl of the Hawk tribe, longand flender. It is trained like the refi: for the fports of Hawking, butits attacks are confined to the fmalier tribes of birds, and as the trivialappellation implies, of the fparrow chiefly. Among the recorded varieties of this. fpecies one /3 is fjpotted(Accipiter maculatus of Brifs,) and another y la6leus is entirely of amilky white. PLATE 243
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PLATE CCXLllI ALCA IMPENNIS.GREAT AUK,Anseres. GENERIC CHARACTER. Bill toothlefs, fliort, compreired, convex^ often Iraiifverfely fur-rowed ; lower mandible gibbous near the bafe : noftrils linear; legsgenerally three-toed. SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND SYNONYMS,Bill coniprelfed, furrowed : an oval fpot each lide before the eyes. Alca Impenms : roftro comprelfo ancipiti fulcato^ macula ovatautrinqua ante oculos. Linn. Faun, Suec. n,140.—Brunn. Orn. n. 105.—Fabr, Fn. Groeuw. 52,-Fail. Spic. 5. p. Q.-GmeL Linn. SyjLNat. 550. 3^-^LatL Ind. Dm. 791. /. Alca major, Bri(). Av, (). p. 85. n. L t. l.^Id. Svo. IL p, 382. L 2 Penguiii PLATE CCXLIII. Penguin. Rail, Si/n, 118. Will. p. 242. t. (id.—Id. (JngL) /?. 322. t.65.Le grand Pingoin. Baff\ ix.393. t. 29.—P/. EnL 367-Great Auk. Brit, ZooL 11. p. 229. t. Sl.—Jrd. Zool. 11. )V°. 4<2.^.—Lath. Syn. v. p. 311. /. This is the largeft fpecies of that fingular tribe of aquatic birdswhich inhabit our rocky coafts, and are known by the names

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