A History of British Birds. [vol. 1. By Ralph Beilby; vol. 2. by T. Bewick.], Volume 2Charles Henry Cook, 1832 - Birds |
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appearance barred belly bill is black bird breadth breast brownish Buff cheeks chesnut cinereous Common Snipe crown Curlew dark brown description were taken Duck dusky edged with white eggs feathers feet female fens ferruginous figure was taken flocks fore GALLINULE genus glossy GODWIT Goosander Goose greater coverts Grebe green Greenland grey Grey Phalarope Guillemot Gull half Heron hinder Iceland inches in length inches long insects irides Isles knees lakes Lapwing Latham lesser coverts Linn.-Le male mandible marked measures middle Montagu moult mouth nape nearly nest nostrils numbers ornithologists ounces Pennant placed plumage primary quills Purple Sandpiper quills reddish rufous rump rusty SANDPIPER scapulars Scolopax seldom shores shot sides slender Snipe species Spotted Rail streaked stripe stuffed specimen tail coverts Temminck tertials thighs throat tipped with white tribe Tringa upper mandible vent webs weighs white spots wing coverts winter Woodcock yellow yellowish young