. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . //Ic ry^a n/r ? -• 2 ne. Co^cA. LJ£w^/a)iac?^ to-2. Z/^e/7///<\/u/<z Jnzncia T/ie- //-enc/z Yea/.ffe/z ( 90The Hen French Teal. Qiierquedula Francia Feiii. Numb. CII. ITS Weight was twelve Ounces; Lengthy from thtTip of the Bill, to the End of the Tail, was fix-teenInches; Breadth, when the Wings were extended, was twen^ty four Inches; its Bill is broad, black, and fomethingreflected upwards; the Irides of the Eyes, of a yellowifliwhite; the top of the Head, upper part of t
. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . //Ic ry^a n/r ? -• 2 ne. Co^cA. LJ£w^/a)iac?^ to-2. Z/^e/7///<\/u/<z Jnzncia T/ie- //-enc/z Yea/.ffe/z ( 90The Hen French Teal. Qiierquedula Francia Feiii. Numb. CII. ITS Weight was twelve Ounces; Lengthy from thtTip of the Bill, to the End of the Tail, was fix-teenInches; Breadth, when the Wings were extended, was twen^ty four Inches; its Bill is broad, black, and fomethingreflected upwards; the Irides of the Eyes, of a yellowifliwhite; the top of the Head, upper part of the Neck,Back, and Tail were of a dusky brown Colour; itsThroat, Breaft, Belly, and Thighs were of a fordidwhite, with tranfverfe Spots of dark brown towards theNeck and Back, and more dilute on. the Breaft, Belly,and Thighs. The Number of prime Feathers of the Wings aretwenty four, being for the moft part of a dark brownColour; the four or live firft Feathers, of the firft Rowof Coverts are of a dark blue, all the reft in that Rowof a lliining green Colour, both having white Tips. Thefecond Row, was of a hairColour with broad Tips of for-did white, inclining to
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