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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1818 Excerpt: ...above-, black beneath; from a little beyond the eye to the bill, is a large oval black spot, glossed with green; the head, neck, and whole under side of the body are of a pure white; on the lower part of the neck are two semilunar black lines pointing forward; the inner scapulars, the back, the coverts on the ridge of the wing, and the greater quil feathers are black; the middle rows of the coverts are white; the next black, tipt with white; the lesser quil feathers the same; the scapulars next the wings white; the tail deep ash color; the legs a bluish grey. The female (considered in the last edition Female. as a distinct species, under the name pf the Red Headed Smew) we'ghs fifteen ounces; the length is one foot four inches; the breadth one foot eleven inches. The bill is of a lead color; the head slightly crested, and of a rust color; from beyond the eyes to the bill is an oval black spot; the cheeks and throat are white; the hind part of the neck is of a deep grey; the fore part clouded with a lighter; the belly white; the back and tail are of a dusky ash color; the legs of a pale ash color. GENUS XXII. DUCK. Bill strong1, flat, or depressed, and commonly furnished at the end with a nail; the edges divided into sharp lamella: . Nostrils small and oval. Tongue broad, edges near the base fringed. Feet; middle toe the longest. Le Cygne sauvage. Brisson av. ri.292. 7-6.28. Hist. d'ois.ls.S.Pl.Enl. 913. Labod. Scopoli, No. 66. Schwane. Kram. 338. Anas Cygnos ferus. Gm. Lin. 501. Swan. Faun. Suee. sp. 107. Danis Vild Svane. Cimbris Snabel-Svane. Brunnich 94. Dr. Zool. 149. add. plates. Arct. Zool. ii. 262. X HE wild swan frequents our coasts in hard winters in large flocks, but as far as we can inform ourselves, does not breed in Great Britain. Martin ac...

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