. Birds: the elements of ornithology ; with 174 illustrations whereof 140 are original drawings. Birds; Birds. INTRODUCTION. 57 possessed by a New-Zealand Bird {AnarTiynclms fronialis), or Crooked-billed Plover, Its bill is not curved either upwards or, as so commonly, downwards, but to one side (fig. 59, a). An elegantly marked Shore Bird—with a plumage of black, white, chestnut, and brown,—which industriously searches for food amongst rocks and stones, and which, from its habits, is Fig. The Stilt (Himantopus melaiiopterus). known as the Turnstone {Strepsilas interjpres), is one of thre
. Birds: the elements of ornithology ; with 174 illustrations whereof 140 are original drawings. Birds; Birds. INTRODUCTION. 57 possessed by a New-Zealand Bird {AnarTiynclms fronialis), or Crooked-billed Plover, Its bill is not curved either upwards or, as so commonly, downwards, but to one side (fig. 59, a). An elegantly marked Shore Bird—with a plumage of black, white, chestnut, and brown,—which industriously searches for food amongst rocks and stones, and which, from its habits, is Fig. The Stilt (Himantopus melaiiopterus). known as the Turnstone {Strepsilas interjpres), is one of three species which are confined to high Northern regions. They greatly resemble that very familiar Bird the Golden Plover (Cha- radrms pluvial{s,&g. 60), which is to be found, during summer, breeding on the high hills and swampy grounds of the North of England and Scotland. There are forty species of the genus—. 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 Mivart, St. George Jackson, 1827-1900. London : R. H. Porter
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