. A history of British birds . me platewith his figure of the Whooper, to show the plan of engraving the heads only, has been adoptedwith excellent efiect by Col. Hawker, in his very popularwork, and the Author has followed his example of giving thehead only, of large size, rather than give repetitions ofsimilar white bodies. The first here introduced is the headof the adult Whooper. The anterior part of the beak isdepressed and black; the posterior or basal part quad-rangular and yellow; this latter colour extending consider-ably forward along each lateral margin of the upper
. A history of British birds . me platewith his figure of the Whooper, to show the plan of engraving the heads only, has been adoptedwith excellent efiect by Col. Hawker, in his very popularwork, and the Author has followed his example of giving thehead only, of large size, rather than give repetitions ofsimilar white bodies. The first here introduced is the headof the adult Whooper. The anterior part of the beak isdepressed and black; the posterior or basal part quad-rangular and yellow; this latter colour extending consider-ably forward along each lateral margin of the upper mandible,beyond the openings of the nostrils, which are black ; thelore, or bare space between the base of the upper mandibleand the eye, is also yellow: the irides dark; the head,neck, and the whole of the plumage of the body and wingsin adult birds, pure white; some specimens, occasionallyonly, exhibiting a rufous or ochreous tint at the tips of thefeathers on the head; the legs, toes, and their membranesblack. WHOOrER. 3J3.
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