. The natural history of British birds, or, A selection of the most rare, beautiful and interesting birds which inhabit this country : the descriptions from the Systema naturae of Linnaeus : with general observations, either original or collected from the latest and most esteemed English ornithologists : and embellished with figures, drawn, engraved, and coloured from the original specimens . hells, Beetles^ &e. They are fuppofed to migrate to Africa and Aleppo^ and to viiitfeveral countries in their pafTage ; and are known in the northern partsof the world, even to Kamtfcbatka. Le Coucou roii
. The natural history of British birds, or, A selection of the most rare, beautiful and interesting birds which inhabit this country : the descriptions from the Systema naturae of Linnaeus : with general observations, either original or collected from the latest and most esteemed English ornithologists : and embellished with figures, drawn, engraved, and coloured from the original specimens . hells, Beetles^ &e. They are fuppofed to migrate to Africa and Aleppo^ and to viiitfeveral countries in their pafTage ; and are known in the northern partsof the world, even to Kamtfcbatka. Le Coucou roiix, of BriJfony is a variety of a young bird, having theupper parts varied with rufous, where the other is white. Birds ofthe firft year are very liable to variation, fcarce two being found alike;the bars are much more numerous in fome than in others, and therround colour more or lefs varied with ferruginous, according to the 53 age. On diffe&ion, the ftomach has been difcovered to be very capaciousand long ; protruding far beyond the Jiernum^ that part being fo very(hort, as not to be fufficient to take off the preffure in incubation*whereby digeftion may be impeded. This has been afligned as thereafon why it does not hatch its own egg?. Length of the adult bird is fourteen inches, breadth twenty-fiveinches, weight two ounces and an half. * PbaL f Phal, Bucepba/a* PLATE. PLATE XLIL CHARADRIUS MORINELLUS. DOTTEREL* Grailje. Bill roundifh. Tongue entire flefliy. Thighs naked* Toesdivided, GENERIC CHARACTER. Bill ftraitj roundifh, obtufe. Noftrils linear. Toes three, all placedAwards. SPECIFIC CHARACTER. Bill, Head, Belly black. Legs black brown. A broad white bandabove the eye; another acrofs the breaft. Breaft and fides dull orange*Back and Wings olive brown. Charadrius Morinellus*—Pe&ore ferrugineo, fafcia fupercili- orum pe£torifque lineari alba, pedi-bus nigris. Faun. Suec. 158,160*Linn. Syji. NaU 2. 150. 79. 6*edit. avis anglica, Gefner a*u.
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