A history of the birds of Europe, not observed in the British Isles (1862) (14727374416)

Identifier: historyofbirdsof04bree (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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te.) Genus Larus. (LinncBUS.J Generic Characters.—Beak long or middle-sized, strong, hard,compressed, with cutting edges, curved towards the point,the inferior mandible forming a projecting angle. l^ostrilslateral, in the middle of the beak, split longitudinally, narrow,pierced from side to side. Feet slender; naked above theknee; tarsi long; three toes in front, entirely webbed; thehind toe free, short, and articulated very high on the tarsus.Tail with quills of equal length. Wings long, the first primarya little longer than the second. AUDOUINS GULL, Larus cmdouinii. Larus audouinii, Payeodeau; Ann. des Societ. Nat., 1826.Goeland audouin, Of the Fkench. Buntschnahlige Move, Of the Germans.Gahhiano Corso, Of Savi. Specific Characters.—Wings very long, passing a considerabledistance beyond the end of the tail; beak strong; feet black;middle toe much shorter than the tarsus; most frequently twotransverse bands on the beak. Length eighteen to twentyinches; tarsus two inches. « \, I
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