. Arctic zoology [microform]. Zoology; Zoologie. A. S?00N-BiLL, Br. Zoel. ii. App. N» ix.—La Spatule, De Buffon, vil. 448. tab. xxlv. -—PL Ettl. ^o^,—Latham, iii. 13. Platalea Leucorodia, Pelekan, Faun. Suec. N* 160.—Lev, Mus. Wholly white, with a pendent creft: legs and bill black: at the angles of the bill, on each cheek, a bright orange fpot. From the end of the bill to end of the claws, forty inches. Ex- tent fifty-two. Inhabits the Feroe ifles *; and on the continent is fometimes found in fummer as high as PTefl Bothnia and Lapland f. Inhabits alfo the temperate parts o
. Arctic zoology [microform]. Zoology; Zoologie. A. S?00N-BiLL, Br. Zoel. ii. App. N» ix.—La Spatule, De Buffon, vil. 448. tab. xxlv. -—PL Ettl. ^o^,—Latham, iii. 13. Platalea Leucorodia, Pelekan, Faun. Suec. N* 160.—Lev, Mus. Wholly white, with a pendent creft: legs and bill black: at the angles of the bill, on each cheek, a bright orange fpot. From the end of the bill to end of the claws, forty inches. Ex- tent fifty-two. Inhabits the Feroe ifles *; and on the continent is fometimes found in fummer as high as PTefl Bothnia and Lapland f. Inhabits alfo the temperate parts of Rujia and Sibiriay both in flocks and folitary, frequenting the vaft lakes of the country. Is (ctn even beyond lake Baikal. Winters in the fouth. They are found in vaft flocks on the borders of the river Taiky about Kalmikjowa, where they refort to feed on the frefli water muflTels. When they are difturbed they rife high into the air, and afliime an oblique and winding form, which no noife can difcompofe or break. Their plumage, efpecially in their flight, exhibits a moft dazzling whitenefs. I do not trace them farther fouth man Aleppo^ which is one of their winter retreats J. • Worm. Muf. 31 o. f Faun. Suec. N" 160. T a X Extraifs, i. 86. It «J9 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 Pennant, Thomas, 1726-1798. London : Printed for Robert Faulder . ..
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