A history of the birds of Europe, not observed in the British Isles (1862) (14564027949)

Identifier: historyofbirdsof03bree (find matches)
Title: A history of the birds of Europe, not observed in the British Isles
Year: 1862 (1860s)
Authors: Bree, Charles Robert, 1811-1886
Subjects: Birds Birds
Publisher: London, Groombridge and Sons
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library



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left to beyond the eyes; superior mandiblehooked at the point, furnished with stiff bristly hairs directedforwards. Nostrils basal, large, closed by a membrane, andpartly covered by the feathers of the forehead. Feet withthree toes in front and one behind; the anterior toes unitedas far as the first articulation by a membrane; the hind toereversible; claws short, except that of the middle toe, whichis long and serrated, so as to form a comb. Tail rounded orforked, composed of ten quills. Wings long; first primaryshorter than the second, which is the longest. RUSSET-NECKED NIGHTJAR. Caprimulgus rujicollis. Caprimulgus rujicollis, Temminck. rujitorques, Vieillot. Scotornis trimaculatus, Swainson; Birds of Africa, vol. ii.Eugoulevent a collier roux, Of the French. Halsbandziegenmelker, Of the Germans. Specific Characters.—A collar of russet extending from the cheeksround the back of the neck, and joining on each side in frontto a white spot on the throat; first primary shorter than the
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RUSSET-NECKED NIGHTJAR. 189 third. Plumage having a general rufous tint. Length twelveinches; carpus to tip eight inches; tarsus one inch; middle toeone inch; claw pectinated. Beak from gape fourteen lines; breadthat base one inch; tail six inches and a half. The Red, or, as I prefer calling it, the Russet-neckedNightjar, is a native of Africa, being occasionally foundin various parts of Europe. The south of Spain andFrance, namely, Provence, Marseilles, Nimes, andMontpellier, are recorded as its European localities.To these, through the kindness of Dr. Leith Adams,I am able to add Malta, where a specimen was obtainedby Charles Augustus Wright, Esq., from whose notesI copy the following:— In the spring of this year (1861) a native bird-stuffer sent me word of a curious Goat-sucker havingbeen shot a few days previous, (in the middle of May,)at Emtalitep, a valley situate on the southern coast ofthis island. When I saw it the bird had already beenset up, but the skin was quite fresh,