A history of the birds of Europe, not observed in the British Isles (1862) (14750373905)

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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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hink, into the European lists. Podiceps cornutus arcticus, Schlegel.—The ArcticGrebe is not, as far as I can perceive, in any way. distinct from the Sclavonian Grebe, (P. cornutus,Latham.) A specimen sent me by Mr. Tristram differsin no respect whatever from that bird. La a longarticle by Kjiirbolling, in Naumannia, 1854, p. 307,et seq., entitled Xotes on the Ornithology of 1853-4,the question of the specific identity of the two birdsis very ably treated. Dr. K. arrives at the conclusionthat the so-called P. cornutus arcticus is only thefemale of P. cornutus, Latham. Therefore, he says,P. arcticus must be struck out of the European lists. Podiceps longirostris.—A so-called species, said byPrince Eonaparte to inhabit the Island of Sardinia,having the size of P. cristatus and the plumage ofP. ruhricollis, v/ith a beak longer than the tarsus. Imust confess my entire disbelief in either of thesebirds as distinct species. The Podiceps nigricollis ofSanders is the P. cornutus of Latham.
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87 Order XV.—PALMIPEDES. fTemminch.J Family LARID^. (Bonaparte.) Genus Sterna. (Linn(Bus.) Generic Characters.—Bill as loug or longer than the head,nearly straight, compressed, tapering, edges sharp, pointed,mandibles of equal length, the upper one slightly curvedtowards the point; nostrils near the middle of the beak, slitlongitudinally, and pierced from side to side. Legs small,naked above the knee for a short distance; tarsi very short;four toes, the three anterior united by membranes, deeplyconcave in front; hind toe free; middle claw longer and sharperthan the others. Wings very long, pointed, the first quillfeather the longest. ALLIED TERN. Sterna affinis. Sterna affinis, Temminck. Euppell. media, Hossfield; Lin. Trans., vol. xiii, p. 199. arabica, Eheenbeeg. Tkalasseus affinis, Bonapaete. Hirondelle de mer voyageuse. Of the Feench. RiippelVs Seeschioalhe, Of the Geemans. Specific Characters.—Middle toe with claw longer than thetarsus; beak long, yellow; feet black; wings