. 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 . r their heads andfecures them. It is faid alfo, that the inhabitants of the mountainson both fides of the Gauges take them with a kind of bird-lime, madefrom oils and the juices of certain trees. As we be
. 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 . r their heads andfecures them. It is faid alfo, that the inhabitants of the mountainson both fides of the Gauges take them with a kind of bird-lime, madefrom oils and the juices of certain trees. As we believe a figure of that fuperb variety of the commonPeacock, Le Paon Panache of BufFon, would be more acceptable tothe reader than the fort which fo frequently occurs, we have preferredit for this work. It is a mod fuperb and elegantly variegated fpeei-men : and we only regret that the limits of our plate, and imper-fect ftate of that imitative art, colouring, will not permit us to dojuftice to its incomparable beauty. The original meafures feven feet,of which the train forms a confiderable part. This appendage,which is ufually miftaken for the tail itfelf, rifes from the back anddefcends to a vaft length. The tail is not more than one foot and anhalf in length, and confifts of eighteen brownifh-grey feathers. Thefemale has a very fhort train, and the fpurs are generally wanting. PLATE. PLATE CX. FULICA HEN, or COMMON GALLINULE.^ Grall^. Bill roundifh. Tongue entire, flefhy. Thighs naked. Toesdivided* GENERIC fhort, thick, convex. Forehead bare. Toes finned. SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND STNONTMS. Callus and garters red. Above deep olive, beneath edge of the wing, and tail coverts white. Fulica Chloropus. Linn. Syft. i. p. 258. ^..—Gmeh Syft. i« p. chloropus major. Rail Syn. p» 113. A* \,—WilL Orm p. 233. 5. major noflra. Aldr. av. 3. 177, E Gallinclla PLATE CX. Galiineila aquatica. Zinan. 109. Gallinula Chlor
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