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Title: A general history of birds
Year: 1821 (1820s)
Authors: Latham, John, 1740-1837 Latham, John, 1740-1837. General synopsis of birds Latham, John, 1740-1837. Index to the General history of birds Chanler, Robert Winthrop, 1872-1930, donor. DSI Wright, J., binder. DSI Bailer Bros. (Firm), binder. DSI E. Weyhe (Firm), bookseller. DSI
Subjects: Birds Birds
Publisher: Winchester (England) : Printed by Jacob and Johnson, for the author : sold in London by G. and W.B. Whittaker ... (and 3 others)
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Institution Libraries
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light blue, and may be erected or depressedat will; body and tail green, the outer feathers of the latter blue onthe exterior margins; vent feathers red, tipped with blue. Bancroft says, it is less than a common Parrot. Bill short, andchestnut-coloured; head, cheeks, and neck, covered with long, loose,dull red feathers, variegated with whitish bars; those on the top ofthe head one inch and a half long, which, as well as those on thecheeks and neck, may be erected at pleasure ; body and wings green;tail short, some of the feathers green, others dull red. These appear to be the same bird, though the description variesa little. 126—BLACK COCKATOO. Psittacus Gigas, Ind. Orn.u 107. Shaws Zool. viii. 474. pi. 71. ———-— aterrimus, Gm. Lin. i. 330. Ara noir, Levail. Perr. i. p. 33. pi. 12.13. Black Cockatoo, Gen. Syn. i. 260. Edw. pi. 316. SIZE uncertain, but large; general colour of the plumage black,with a large crest on the head, rather paler than the rest; bill dusky PI .XXVII.
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. -yjsr // /-j/fry < fofrfoo-. PARROT. 199 brown; eye dark; sides of the head, from the eye to the undermandible, bare, wrinkled, and red ; legs brown black. Inhabits Ceylon ; if we may judge from the size of the head inEdwardss plate, this bird should be as large as the Red and blueMaccaw. 127—GREY COCKATOO. LAra gris a trompe, Levail. Perr. i. p. 30. pi! 11. SIZE very large. Bill in proportion, and black ; the tonguehollowed out at the tip; general colour of the plumage grey, notvery dark; before the eyes bare; tail long, rounded at the end, byno means cuneiform; legs black. According to M. Levaillant, it inhabits the Old Continent, butthe precise place not mentioned; it is observed, that the shape of thetongue enables it to penetrate into the substance of the fruits, whentaking them for food. This may be related to the Black Cockatoo,but the fact of its being so, not ascertained. 128.—BANKSIAN COCKATOO— Pl. XXVII. Psittacus Banksii, Ind. Om. i. 197. magnificus, Nat. Misc.

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