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Identifier: historyofbritish01yarre (find matches)
Title: A history of British birds
Year: 1871 (1870s)
Authors: Yarrell, William, 1784-1856 Newton, Alfred, 1829-1907 Saunders, Howard, 1835-1907
Subjects: Birds
Publisher: London, J. Van Voorst
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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eethiid^. Certhia familinris. Treecreeper SiTTIDiE. Sitta ecBsia. Nuthatch PARIDiE. Pants major. Great Titmouse .,, ccsruJeus. Blue Titmouse„ ater. Coal-Titmouse„ palustris. Marsh-Titmouse„ cristatus. Crested Titmouse . Acredula caudata. Long-tailed Titmouse Patsturid^ . Panurus hiarmicus. Bearded Titmouse Ampelidje. Ampelis garrulus. Waxwing MOTACILLIDiE. Motacilla luguhris. Pied Wagtail „ alba. White Wagtail. „ sulphurea. Grey Wagtail „ flava. Blue-headed Wagtail „ rail. Yellow WagtailAnthus trivialis. Tree-Pipit„ pratensis. Meadow-Pipit„ spipolelta. Water-Pipit„ obscurus. Rock-Pipit„ campestris. Tawny Pipit,, richardi. Richards Pipit Alaudid^. Otocorys alpestris. Shore-Lark. Alauda arvensis. Skylark„ arborea. Woodlark„ cristata. Crested Lark . Galandrella brachydaetyla. Short-toed Lar Melanocorypha sibirica. White-winged Larl PAGE 468 473 479483489495499504 511 523 538548552558564569575581586592598 604614625632637642 BRITISH BIRDS. A CCIPITRES. VVLTURIDyE.
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Vultur fulvus. Gyps, Saviyny f.—Beak strong, thick, anJ deep, the sides rather swollen, maxilla rising immediately in front of the cere, forming a culmen curving to the tip, where it is somewhat abruptly hooked. Mandible straight and rounded, * Vultur fulvus, J. F. Gmelin, Syst. Nat. i. p. 249 (1788). t Systeme des Oiseaux de I^ypte et de la Syrie, p. 8 (1810). VOL, I. ■ R 2 vulturid/t:. becoming narrower towards the point. Nostrils naked and diagonal. Tonguefringed with spines. Head slender and covered with .short down, as is most partof the neck ; above the shoulders a ruiF of elongated feathers. Feet strong,claws slightly hooked ; middle toe rather longer than tarsus, and united atbase to outer toe by a membrane. Wings long ; first quill-feather short, thefourth the longest. Tail of twelve or fourteen feathers. I AM indebted to the kindness of Admiral Bowles for thefirst notice of the capture in Ireland of the Griffon-Vulture.In the autumn of 1843 the Admiral was visiting LordS

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