. 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 . haracter; the orange-coloured legs and feet is link-ing, but not invariable in the Common Tern, as is proved by thevariety /3. with black feet, defcribed by Mr* Latham in the IndexOrnithologicus f; we alf
. 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 . haracter; the orange-coloured legs and feet is link-ing, but not invariable in the Common Tern, as is proved by thevariety /3. with black feet, defcribed by Mr* Latham in the IndexOrnithologicus f; we alfo find a fpecimen of the Sandwich Tern inthe Britifh Mufeum, which has the legs and fett of a dull yellowifhor orange colour, and differs from the fpecimen we have figured onlyIn the form of the tail, which is not forked as in the adult Birds, The Sterna Navia of Linnaeus, and La Gulffette of BufFon, is con-sidered by Mr. Latham as the young Bird of the Sandwich fpecimen differs very little from the defcriptions given bvthefe authors* Length of our Bird fourteen inches. It was fhot in the Chelfearoad. * In the adult common Tern, the black of the head extends to the bafe of the bill;in the Sandwich Tern the forehead is white. ■f Sterna Hirundo. j2« var. pedibus nigris, re£lricibus extimis toto albis. Lath. Ind*Orn. 15.—PbihTranf. ;. 421. Former. PLAT E 1Z1. PLATE CXXL STRIX OWL. ACCIPITRES. Birds of prey. Bill and Claws ftrong hooked, an angle in themargin of the upper mandible. Body mufcular. Females largerand more beautiful than the males. GENERIC CHARACTER. Bill hooked, without cere. Noftrils covered with briflly large. Eyes and ears very large. Tongue bifid. SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND STNONTMS. Head fmooth. Body reddifh, or tawny brown. White fpots onthe wing. Strix Stridula: capite lsevi, corpore ferrugineo, remige tertialongiore. I in. Syji. Nat.—Fn. Suec. 55. I Strix, PLATE CXXL Strix. Aldr. av. I. Orienta
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