. 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 . while in the Common Turtle it forms the fegment half of a circle, or is rather lunate. birds PLATE CXLIX. birds as fpecifically diftin6l. Indeed the only doubt that can pofliblyarife, muft refult from the
. 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 . while in the Common Turtle it forms the fegment half of a circle, or is rather lunate. birds PLATE CXLIX. birds as fpecifically diftin6l. Indeed the only doubt that can pofliblyarife, muft refult from the differences that may be obfervable m theSpotted Necked Turtle in its various ftates of plumage; and this canfcarcely be fuppofed to affefl it fo materially as to change its plumageto that oF the Turtle-dove*! In its prefent afpe^l, there can exifl;we are perfuadcd, but one opinion upon the fubje^l, and that muHbe in confirmation of our firft conclufion, that the fpecies is diilin61. * We are fully aware that varieties of the Cominoa Turtle do exift, in which theplumage differs a little from our Englifh variety. The Portugal Turtle-Dove, one of theadmitted varieties, is, however, now fuppofed by fome to conftitute a different bird,and this may hereafter be the opinion with refpedt to athcr varieties. Vol. VII. C PLATE i5Q. iP L A t E CL. MOTACILLA PETTYCHAPS. l^ASSERES. GENERIC CHARACTER. Bill fubuTate, ftraight; the mandibles nearly equal; noftrilsfcboval: tongue lacerated at the end. SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND SYNONYMS, Greenifh, fufcoiis, bereath ; and eyebrows whitlfh: quill anJlail feathers dufky brown. Sy LVIA HoRTEN SIS/3,: viridi-fufca fubtus fuperciliifque albida, remigibus redlricibufque fufco-obfcuris. Lath*,Ind Orn. T. 2. 507. 3. Sylvia Simplex Lath, Ind, Briti birds, Supph I. p, 587* Greater Pettychaps, ib. Pettyghaps^ Lath, Gen, Syn, T, 4. p, 413. S. Lewin Br^ Birds^ 3. /. 100. Walcot, Syn, 2, t, 230. Pettychaps Greater. Mont,Orn,Di/^, V,2.—Pettychap
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