A History of British Birds, Volume 2John Van Voorst, 1843 - Birds |
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adult bird appearance autumn beak BEWICK Birds of Europe Bittern Black Grouse breast breed Brit carpal joint chin claws colour common Common Crossbill Common Snipe Crossbill Crow Cuckoo d'Ornith dark brown Dict Dunlin dusky edged eggs Faroe Islands feathers feed female FLEM flocks frequently GOULD GRALLATORES greyish white ground Grouse head Heron inches insects irides islands Jack Snipe JENYNS killed legs and toes lines in breadth Little Bittern longest male mandible MONT Montagu moult neck nest Nilsson Norfolk observed Ornith pair PENN Pheasant Plover plumage quill-feather Red Grouse reddish brown Rock Dove rump Sandpiper scapulars SCOLOPACIDE season seen Selby shot side Snipe species specimen spotted Stock Dove streak summer surface tail tail-feathers TEMM Temminck tertials tipped tree upper mandible upper tail-coverts Vert visits whole length wing wing-coverts winter Wood Wood Sandpiper Woodcock Woodpecker yellow young birds Zool Zoological Society