A Dictionary of Birds, 1–2. osaA. and C. Black, 1896 - 1212 pages |
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Page xii
... colour is probably erroneous ( see Auk , 1896 , pp . 148-150 ; Bull . Am . Mus . N. H. viii . pp . 1-44 ) . 734 , line 18 of notes , for Eurinorhynchus read Eurynorhynchus . 743 , 28 , for 173 , 177 read 272 , 277 . 99 • 99 744 , 99 99 ...
... colour is probably erroneous ( see Auk , 1896 , pp . 148-150 ; Bull . Am . Mus . N. H. viii . pp . 1-44 ) . 734 , line 18 of notes , for Eurinorhynchus read Eurynorhynchus . 743 , 28 , for 173 , 177 read 272 , 277 . 99 • 99 744 , 99 99 ...
Page 10
... coloured , as its title intimates , and nearly all representing Birds . This enormous work was subsidized by the French Government ; and , though the figures are devoid of artistic merit , they display the species they are intended to ...
... coloured , as its title intimates , and nearly all representing Birds . This enormous work was subsidized by the French Government ; and , though the figures are devoid of artistic merit , they display the species they are intended to ...
Page 9
... coloured legs , while the other , the D. brachyura of Temminck , its young being the D. nigripes of Audubon , has ... COLOUR ) . ALECTORIDES , an Order proposed by Temminck in 1820 ( Man . d'Orn . ed . 2 , i . p . xcv . ) to contain ...
... coloured legs , while the other , the D. brachyura of Temminck , its young being the D. nigripes of Audubon , has ... COLOUR ) . ALECTORIDES , an Order proposed by Temminck in 1820 ( Man . d'Orn . ed . 2 , i . p . xcv . ) to contain ...
Page 36
... colour For instance , in the male Scoter the bill is black and orange , in the young and in the female it is simply grey , and with- out the knob . The bill of the adult male BLACKBIRD is orange- yellow ; that of the young of both sexes ...
... colour For instance , in the male Scoter the bill is black and orange , in the young and in the female it is simply grey , and with- out the knob . The bill of the adult male BLACKBIRD is orange- yellow ; that of the young of both sexes ...
Page 38
... colours like great plumes ( pennacchi ) , the tail like a Thrush's , and all the rest of the feathers , the wings excepted , of a dull colour . Much of this description fits the only species of Bird - of - Paradise that inhabits ...
... colours like great plumes ( pennacchi ) , the tail like a Thrush's , and all the rest of the feathers , the wings excepted , of a dull colour . Much of this description fits the only species of Bird - of - Paradise that inhabits ...
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