. A history of British birds . Shore-Lark . Skylark Woodlark Crested Lark .( alandrella brachydactyla. Short-toed LarkMelanocorypha sibirica. White-winged Lark 604614625632637642 ERRATA TO VOL. I. PAGE LINE 93, 33, for p. 51 read p. 54. 118, 23, transpose transverse and longitudinal. 122, 25, for p. 237 read p. 437. 156, 35, for by 109 by 98 read by from 1 09 to , 3 of note, for p. 677 read p. , 9, for differ read , 1 of note, for 1866 read , 1 of note, after p. 160 insert (1766). 317, 24, for Galicia read Galizia. 352, 1 of note, for Syrian specimens read The
. A history of British birds . Shore-Lark . Skylark Woodlark Crested Lark .( alandrella brachydactyla. Short-toed LarkMelanocorypha sibirica. White-winged Lark 604614625632637642 ERRATA TO VOL. I. PAGE LINE 93, 33, for p. 51 read p. 54. 118, 23, transpose transverse and longitudinal. 122, 25, for p. 237 read p. 437. 156, 35, for by 109 by 98 read by from 1 09 to , 3 of note, for p. 677 read p. , 9, for differ read , 1 of note, for 1866 read , 1 of note, after p. 160 insert (1766). 317, 24, for Galicia read Galizia. 352, 1 of note, for Syrian specimens read The examples which breed in , 5 of note, for WiXah read i-riXal;.364, 3 of note, the reference to Naumanns work should he Kachtr. iv. p. 199 (1811).454, 6, for Mr. Goulds read , 4, 5, for Taekzanowski read , 9, dele A. vinacea and. ,, 11, for may be read is. 514, Recent discoveries seem to shew that the genus Pannrus is most nearlyallied to Paradoxornis. BRITISH BIRDS. ACCIPITRES. Gyps fulvus (J. F. G-melin*).THE GKIFFON-VULTUEE. Vultur fulvus. Gyps, Savignyf.— Beak strong, thick, and deep, the sides rather swollen,maxilla rising immediately in front of the cere, forming a culmen curving to thetip, where it is somewhat abruptly hooked. Mandible straight and rounded, * Vultur fulvus, J. F. Gmelin, Pyst. Nat. i. p. 249 (1788).f Systems des Oiseaux de lEgypte et de la Syrie, p. 8 (1810). VOL. I. B 2 becoming narrower towards the point. Nostrils naked and diagonal. Tonguefringed with spines. Head slender and covered with short down, as is most partof the neck ; above the shoulders a ruff of elongated feathers. Feet strong,elaws slightly hooked; middle toe rather longer than tarsus, and united atbase to outer toe by a membrane. Wings long; first quill-feather short, thefourth the longest. Tail of twelve or fourteen feathers. [ AM indebted to the kindness of Admiral Bowles for thefirst notice of the capture in Ireland of th
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