American Ornithology, Or The Natural History of the Birds of the United States: Illustrated with Plates, Engraved and Coloured from Original Drawings Taken from Nature, Količina 3Collins, 1829 "The second full edition of Wilson's work, with plates in their most desirable form. This is the most important work on American ornithology before Audubon."--William Reece Company. |
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appearance Arct belly and vent bill bill black bird blackish breast breeding place BRISS brownish BUFF Clapper Rail coast colour common common Rail common Snipe crown deep diving Duck dusky East Florida edged eggs feathers feed female ferruginous fish flesh flight flocks frequently genus GMEL Goosander grass ground half head Heron hind toe hind-head inches inches in extent inches in length inches long inhabits irides larvæ legs and feet male mandible marked membrane middle nearly neck nest Northern Diver numbers olive orange coloured pale brown PEALE'S Museum Pennant Phalarope Plate Plover plumage pure white quills Rail Red Phalarope reddish reeds resembling river rump salt marshes Sandpiper scapulars season seen shores shot sides Smew Snipe sometimes species specimen streaked Syst tail tail-coverts Temminck tertials throat tipt with white Tringa wing coverts winter yellow yellowish Zool