A general history of birds. Vol. V
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is part of: A general synopsis of birds
creator: Latham, John, 1740-1837
issued: 2018-02-15
issued: 1822
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note: THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA WOODWARD HISTORICAL COLLECTION GENERAL HISTORY BIRDS. BY JOHN LATHAM, M.D. F.R.S. A.S. and L.S. Acad. Ces. Nat. Curios. Reg. Holm, et Soc. Nat. Scrut. Berolw. Soc. &c. &c. VOL. V. WINCHESTER: PRINTED BY JACOB AND JOHNSON, FOR THE AUTHOR:—SOLD IN LONDON BY G. AND W. B. WHITTAKER, AVE-MARIA-LANE ; JOHN WARREN, BOND-STREET } W. WOOD, 428, STRAND J AND J. MAWMAN, 39, LUDGATE-STREET. 1822. BIRDS. ORDER III. PASSERINE. GENUS XXXVII— STARE. 1 Common Stare A White B Pied C White-headed D Grey 2 Silk 3 White-headed 4 Louisiane A Crescent 5 Magellanic 6 Persian 7 Dauurian 8 Graculine 9 Wattled 10 Green 11 Brown 12 Black 13 Sardinian XlILL straight, or very little bending, depressed. Nostrils guarded above by a prominent rim. Tongue hard and cloven, or jagged at the tip. The middle toe united to the outer as far as the first joint. 1.—COMMON STARE. Sturnus vulgaris, Ind. Orn. i. 321. Lin. i. 290. Faun. Suec. No. 213. Gm. Lh 801. Scop. i. No. 47. Hasselq. It. 287. Id. Eng. 206. Brun. No. 229. Mult. p. 28. Krani. 361. 1. Sepp. Vog. t. p. 25. Rait, p. 67. A. 1. Will. 144. t. 37. Frisch, t. 217. Fn. Arag. p. 84. Borowsk. iii. 202. t. 74. Scheef. el. orn. t. 65. Hist. Prov. i. 492. Bris. ii. 439. Id. 8vo. i. 280. Klein, 64. 1. Id. Stem. 10. t. 12. f. 5. a.b.c. Id. Ov. 22. t. 8. f. 7. Gerin. iii. t. 315. 316. Daudin, ii p. 300. Beseke, Vog. Kurl. No. 155. Russ. Alep. p. 69. Tern. Man. d'Orn. p. 81, Id. Ed. ii. p. 133. 2 STARE. L'Etourneau, Bvf. iii. 176. pi. 15. PI. enl. 75. Voy. en Barb. 271. Storno, Olin. t. p. 18. Cet. Uc. Sard. 184. Zinnan. Uov. p. 69. t. 10. f. 60. Staar, Wirs. Vog. t. 62. Georg. It. i. 173. Gunth. Nest u. Ey. t. 10. Id. t. 91. Naturf. xvii. 79. Id. 22. 133. Id. 25. 14. ScAwid, Vog. p. 52. t. 39. Stare, or Starling, Gen. Syn. iii. p. 2. jtf. Su/>. 137. Br. Zool. i. No. 104. pi. 46. Id. fol. t. P. 2. f. 1. Id. Ed. 1812. i. p. 396. pi. 50. Arct. Zool. ii. 331. A. Alb. i. pi. 40. Will. Engl. p. 196. t. 37. Hayes Br. Birds, pi. 32…
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has type: Encyclopedias
identifier: QL674 .L35
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0363927
language: English
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: London : G. and W.B. Whittaker
publisher: London : John Warren
publisher: London : W. Wood
publisher: London : J. Mawman
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subject: Birds
subject: Ornithology
subject: Birds--Pictorial works
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