. A history of British birds. Birds. 47^ BRITISH BIRDS. plumage of birds of the year is assumed, which is intermediate between that of young in first plumage and that o£ the adult, which is completed by the second spring—that is to say, when the bird is nearly two years old*. * Dresser's description of the changes of plumage of this hird is extremely misleading, owing to a mistranslation of Naumann's remarks on this subject. After having described the young in first plumage, Dresser proceeds to describe the bii'd of the year, prefacing his remarks by saying that " after the first moult (t
. A history of British birds. Birds. 47^ BRITISH BIRDS. plumage of birds of the year is assumed, which is intermediate between that of young in first plumage and that o£ the adult, which is completed by the second spring—that is to say, when the bird is nearly two years old*. * Dresser's description of the changes of plumage of this hird is extremely misleading, owing to a mistranslation of Naumann's remarks on this subject. After having described the young in first plumage, Dresser proceeds to describe the bii'd of the year, prefacing his remarks by saying that " after the first moult (that ia, when the bird is two years old)." This ought, no doubt to read, when the bird is scarcely one year old. Naumann dis- tinctly states that the young commence their first moult early in November, and have scarcely finished it by HEKONRY NEAR EPPING FOKEST,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Seebohm, Henry, 1832-1895. London, Pub. for the author by R. H. Porter [etc. ]
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