Essays on early ornithology and kindred subjects

Essays on early ornithology and kindred subjects

This plate should be compared with that opposite p.22, which represents a cassowary with two wattlesprobably an immature Casuarius galeatus, Vieill. for that is the species which is believed to have been brought alive to Europe by the Dutch in 1597. An immature example of that species was not available for reproduction. Abris des wvnderbaren Vogels Eme. From the fifth edition of Erste Schiffart in die orientalische Indien so die hollndische Schiff im Martio 1595 aussgefahren vnd im Augusto 1597 wiederkommen verzicht Durch Levinvm Hvlsivm. Editio Quinta. Getruckt zu Franckfurt am Myn durch Hartmann Palthenium in Verlegung der Hulfischen. Anno M.DC.xxv., From a copy of the book in the British Museum. By permission of the Keeper of Printed Books. In the Manuel dOrnithologie (1828) Lesson writes: Le Fou Manche de Velours, manga de velado des navigateurs portugais, que lon dit tre le fou de Bassan, est de moiti plus petit. Ce serait donc une race distincte. tom.II. p.375. And in the Trait dOrnithologie the same author amplifies thus what he has written: Fou Manche de Velours; Sula dactylatra, Less. Zool. de la Coq., Texte, part.2, p.494. Espce confondue avec le fou de Bassan adulte; est le manga de Velado des Portugais. Plumage blanc pur; ailes et queue noires; bec corn; tarses jaunes; la base du bec cercle dune peau nue, qui stend sur la gorge en forme de demi-cercle. Femelle: Grise. Lle de lAscension, les mers chaudes des Tropiques. Texte, p.601. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 24506
Author: McClymont, James Roxburgh
Release Date: Feb 4, 2008
Format: eBook
Language: English