A Dictionary of Birds, 1. osaA. and C. Black, 1899 - 1212 pages |
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Alfred Newton, Hans Gadow. distinguishable by its yellow or light - coloured legs , while the other , the D. brachyura ... COLOUR ) . ALECTORIDES , an Order proposed by Temminck in 1820 ( Man . d'Orn . ed . 2 , i . p . xcv . ) to contain ...
Alfred Newton, Hans Gadow. distinguishable by its yellow or light - coloured legs , while the other , the D. brachyura ... COLOUR ) . ALECTORIDES , an Order proposed by Temminck in 1820 ( Man . d'Orn . ed . 2 , i . p . xcv . ) to contain ...
Page 36
... colour are common . 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 ...
... colour are common . 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 ...
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 ...
Page 42
... colour , as in North America to several members of the Icterida ( GRACKLE and ICTERUS ) , in the West Indies to the species of Crotophaga ( ANI ) , and perhaps to more in other lands . Occasionally too in translations of Scandinavian ...
... colour , as in North America to several members of the Icterida ( GRACKLE and ICTERUS ) , in the West Indies to the species of Crotophaga ( ANI ) , and perhaps to more in other lands . Occasionally too in translations of Scandinavian ...
Page 43
... colour . These red corpuscles are present even in a small drop of blood in innumerable numbers ; they are largest in the Cassowary , smallest in Humming- birds , their smallest axis measuring about mm . 11 or 1 , their larger axis from ...
... colour . These red corpuscles are present even in a small drop of blood in innumerable numbers ; they are largest in the Cassowary , smallest in Humming- birds , their smallest axis measuring about mm . 11 or 1 , their larger axis from ...
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