. A popular handbook of the ornithology of the United States and Canada [microform] : based on Nuttall's Manual. Water-birds; Water-birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux aquatiques; Oiseaux aquatiques; Ornithologie. f? f f. GLOSSY riHS. PlEGADIS Chau. Back, wings, and tail dark purple with metallic reflections of ureen and bronze ; head, neck, wing-coverts, and under parts rich chest- nut, tinged with purple; bill brown ; legs greenish brown Length about 24 inches. AVj/. In a colony, situated in a marsh or swam]) 011 the bank of a river, lake, or shallow lagoon; a compact structure more nea
. A popular handbook of the ornithology of the United States and Canada [microform] : based on Nuttall's Manual. Water-birds; Water-birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux aquatiques; Oiseaux aquatiques; Ornithologie. f? f f. GLOSSY riHS. PlEGADIS Chau. Back, wings, and tail dark purple with metallic reflections of ureen and bronze ; head, neck, wing-coverts, and under parts rich chest- nut, tinged with purple; bill brown ; legs greenish brown Length about 24 inches. AVj/. In a colony, situated in a marsh or swam]) 011 the bank of a river, lake, or shallow lagoon; a compact structure more neatly built than the nest of any of the Herons, composed of dead reeds or twigs and grass; fastened to upright reeds or jilaced on a platfdrm of bent reeds, sometimes in a bush or tree growing in the water, and occasionally the platform hearing the nest floats upon the water. /''j^'^iy's. 3-4 ; light blue, or dark blue with a green tinge ; X The Glossy Ibis appears to be within the temperate and warmer regions ahnost a general inhabitant of the world. On the borders of rivers and lakes it is seen, for example, abundant as a bird of ])assage in Poland, Hungary, Turkey, and the Grecian .Vrchipelago; it visits the borders of the f. 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 Chamberlain, Montague, 1844-1924; Nuttall, Thomas. A manual of the ornithology of the United States and of Canada. Boston : Little, Brown
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