. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory: including their organization, habits, and relations; remarks on classification and nomenclature; an account of the principal organs of birds, and observations relative to practical ornithology .. . short, headovato-oblong. Legs short and moderately stout; tarsus short,compressed, with seven scutella; toes of moderate size, firststout and broad beneath, outer slightly adherent at the base,and a little longer than the inner. Claws moderate, arched,compressed, laterally grooved, acute. Plumage very soft and blended, with little gloss. Headwi
. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory: including their organization, habits, and relations; remarks on classification and nomenclature; an account of the principal organs of birds, and observations relative to practical ornithology .. . short, headovato-oblong. Legs short and moderately stout; tarsus short,compressed, with seven scutella; toes of moderate size, firststout and broad beneath, outer slightly adherent at the base,and a little longer than the inner. Claws moderate, arched,compressed, laterally grooved, acute. Plumage very soft and blended, with little gloss. Headwith a conspicuous tuft. Wings rather long, pointed, of nine-teen quills ; primaries graduated, the first and second longest; 532 BOMBYCILLA. WAXWING. secondaries abruptly rounded, with the shaft prolonged into anarrow oblong coloured horny expansion, Fig. 259. Tail ofmoderate length, slightly rounded or even, of twelve rathernarrow obliquely rounded feathers. The Waxwings, so named on account of the alar append-ages, which in colour resemble red sealing wax, belong to thearctic regions of both continents, whence they advance south-ward when the cold becomes severe. In winter, they feedchiefly on berries, but in summer are said to live on 533 BOMBYCILLA GARRULA. THE BLACK-THROATED WAXWING. BOHEMIAN CHATTERER.
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