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abundant Acad alar extent asio Bergen Big Trees bird blackish blind side body Bonaparte Collection brasilianus breeding Brit brown caudal fin caudal peduncle Chiton coast colored side common cusp Distance from snout Dominica dorsal fin DRESSER dusky eggs feathers fish Fort Brown G. O. Sars genus Gill Gmel Gray Guatemala Günther head Hist Ibis inches Indian Territory island lateral line Lawr Length of base Length of longest Length of snout length without caudal Leptochiton Linn longest ray lower major lateral mandible Marysville maxillary Mexico middle toe Millim Murphy's Museum nearly nest Norway operculum orbit pectoral plumage posterior Proc ray Length resident Robert Collett rows rufous Salmo scales Scops seen shaft snout Length species spine spots Stockton SUCKLEY synonymy tail tarsus teeth total length transverse Tyrannus upper valves ventrals width wing
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Page 464 - Notes, by FRANK BUCKLAND A Chapter on Antiquities by LORD SELBORNE, and numerous Illustrations by PH DELAMOTTE.
Page 373 - History of British Birds. The Figures engraved on Wood by T. Bewick.
Page 169 - Mexicans patos maizal, or Corn-field Duck, from its habit of frequenting those localities. It is by no means shy, and large numbers are offered for sale in the Brownsville market. Easily domesticated, it becomes very tame, roosting at night in trees with chickens and turkeys. When the females begin to lay, the males leave them and gather in large flocks on sand-bars in the river. My knowledge of the breeding habits is derived from Dr. SM Finley, USA, who had ample opportunity of observing these birds...
Page 4 - CUVIER & VALENCIENNES, op. cit., p. 186. The specimens described by Cuvier were of five pounds weight. He claims to have received specimens from Martinique, from Santo Domingo, and from Cuba, those from the latter place sent by me. I can only say that I have not been able to find this species, and that I have not included it in my manuscript
Page 188 - From the fissures in the cone and interstices of the rocks, a thin white smoke was constantly emitted, occasionally tinged with a slight bluish flame. The precipitous sides of this magnificent amphitheatre were fringed with various evergreens and aromatic shrubs, flowers, and many Alpine plants. On the north and south sides of the base of the cone were two pieces of water, one perfectly pure and tasteless, the oUier strongly impregnated with sulphur and alum. This...
Page 369 - BOLTON'S NATURAL HISTORY OF BRITISH SONG BIRDS. Illustrated with Figures the size of Life, of the Birds, both Male and Female, in their most Natural Attitudes : their Nests and Eggs, Food, Favourite Plants, Shrubs, Trees, ftc.
Page 440 - STEVENSON, H. The | Birds of Norfolk, | with | Remarks on their Habits, | Migration, | and local Distribution; | by Henry Stevenson, FLS, | Member of the British Ornithologists
Page 357 - The length of the intestine is equal to the distance from the tip of the snout to the end of the anal flu.
Page 329 - Ninety-three specimens examined. This very remarkable species is very prettily marbled with olive, chestnut, and blue; the girdle generally dark olive, dashed with ashy spots and in fine specimens having a pubescent appearance. The slit is occupied by a cartilaginous substance of a dark brown color, most visible from within. The branchiae appear to reach nearly to the head. It is quite possible that it may reach as far south as Puget Sound. The soft parts are yellowish white. The gill-rows extend...
Page 377 - SELBY'S COMPLETE BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY. A most magnificent work of the Figures of British Birds, containing exact and faithful representations in their full natural size,¡ of all the known species found in Great Britain, 383 Figures in 228 beautifully coloured Plates.'. 2 vols. elephant folio, elegantly half bound morocco (pub. at 105/.), gilt back and gilt edges, 31/.