. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 132 ;. mandible ; feet and iris as in the European species. Total length lo-o inches, wing 9o, tail 8. Adidt femaJe. Similar to the male. Total length 14 inches, wing 9-2, tail 7*3, tarsus 1. Hab. Js'orth America, to the north of 40° X. lat. a. Ad. St. North America. b. Ad. St. North America. c. Ad. sk. Repulse Bay. d. cJ ad. sk. Fort Simpson. e. S id. sk. Western side of the Rocky Moimtaius. /. 2 ad. sk. "Western side of the Rocky Mountains. g. Ad. St. Scotland. Admiral Sir G. Back [P.]. J. Rae, Esq. [P.]. Bernard R. Ross, Esq. [P.]
. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 132 ;. mandible ; feet and iris as in the European species. Total length lo-o inches, wing 9o, tail 8. Adidt femaJe. Similar to the male. Total length 14 inches, wing 9-2, tail 7*3, tarsus 1. Hab. Js'orth America, to the north of 40° X. lat. a. Ad. St. North America. b. Ad. St. North America. c. Ad. sk. Repulse Bay. d. cJ ad. sk. Fort Simpson. e. S id. sk. Western side of the Rocky Moimtaius. /. 2 ad. sk. "Western side of the Rocky Mountains. g. Ad. St. Scotland. Admiral Sir G. Back [P.]. J. Rae, Esq. [P.]. Bernard R. Ross, Esq. [P.]. J. K. Lord, Esq. [P.]. J. K. Lord, Esq. [P.]. Purchased. 7. CARINE. Type. Noctua, Savif/n. Des'ji: Effi/pte, p. 29 (1809, nee F(d}):) C. glaux. Atheue, Boi'e, Ixis, 1822, p. 549 (nee Hilbn.) C. noctua. Cariue, Kaup, Natiirl. Sijst. p. 29 (1829) C. noctua. 1. 1. Wing of Carine noctua, to show long first primaiy. 2. Nostril of same (from fresh specimen). Banqe. Central Europe and aU the countries bordering the iledi- terranean; Africa, extending across the desert sub region, through Persia and Central Asia to Northern China ; the whole of India and Burmah. Key to the Species. (I. Breast and abdomen streaked. a'. Face brown, ear-coyerts dark ; general colour of breast brown, mottled with white margins to the feathers noctua, p. 133. a". General colour browu ; below whitish, sti-eaked with browu. ». noctua. b". General colour fawn-rufous; below piue white, sti-eaked with rufous. a'". Toes scantily coyeredwith hair. /3. ylaux. V". Toes thickly feathered, y. plumipes. b'. Face white, the ear-coyerts scarcely darker; entire under surface white, with a few nar- row reddish streaks spiloe/astra. p. 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 British Museum (Natural History). Dep
Size: 2433px × 1027px
Photo credit: © The Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., 1875, bookcentury1800, bookdecade1870, bookpublisherlondon, bookye
