The Gardens and Menagerie of the Zoological Society Delineated: BirdsC. Whittingham, 1831 - Birds |
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The Gardens and Menagerie of the Zoological Society Delineated Edward Turner Bennett No preview available - 2012 |
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animals appears Argala ash-colour band base beak beneath bill birds of prey Black Stork blackish bluish breast bright broad brown captivity cere Cereopsis characters cheeks claws colour common Common Pheasant Condor considerable crest Curassow curved Cuvier D'Azara deep distinct distinguished domesticated dusky black Eagle eggs elongated Emeu entirely equal Europe extending extremely eyes Falcon feathers feet female figured flesh frequently genus Goose gray grayish ground habits head and neck Holland inches inhabit iris Latham latter legs length less light lighter Linnæus male mandible marked membrane Menagerie naked naked space native naturalists nearly nest nostrils observed ornithologist Ostrich perch plumage Preservation Island pure white quadrupeds quill-feathers quills reddish regarded remarkable short sides skin Society's specimen spots Swan tail tail-coverts talons Temminck throat tinge toes transverse tribe Turkey upper mandible upper surface Vieillot Vultures White Stork Wild wing-coverts wings yellow Zoological
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Page 43 - Down, rapid as an arrow from heaven, descends the distant object of his attention, the roar of its wings reaching the ear as it disappears in the deep, making the surges foam around. At this moment the eager looks of the eagle are all...
Page 42 - ... coursing along the sands ; trains of ducks streaming over the surface; silent and watchful cranes, intent and wading; clamorous crows and all the winged multitudes that subsist by the bounty of this vast liquid magazine of Nature. High over all these hovers one whose action instantly arrests all his attention.
Page 43 - The unencumbered Eagle rapidly advances, and is just on the point of reaching his opponent, when, with a sudden scream, probably of despair and honest execration, the latter drops his fish : the Eagle, poising himself for a moment, as if to take a more certain aim, descends like a whirlwind, snatches it in his grasp ere it reaches the water, and bears his ill-gotten booty silently away to the woods.
Page 231 - In an upright position it measures, when fully grown, about three feet six inches to the top of the head ; and its length from the point of the bill to the tip of the tail, is about three feet.
Page 7 - ... to account for their amusement in the chase. For this purpose they expose the dead body of a horse or a cow, by which some of the condors, which are generally hovering in the air in search of food, are speedily attracted. As soon as the birds have glutted themselves on the carcass, the...
Page 3 - The length of a male specimen, somewhat less than nine feet in expanse, was three feet three inches from the tip of the beak to the extremity of the tail; and its height, when perching, with the neck partly withdrawn, two feet eight inches.
Page 41 - ... plunderers of the osprey, or fish-hawk, by whose industry alone both are usually fed. Nor that, " though famished for want of prey, he disdains to feed on carrion...
Page 6 - ... temperature of the lower world. On such occasions, it rarely perches on the branches of the trees, but generally takes up a position on the ground, for resting on which its comparatively straight talons are peculiarly fitted. It is said that the female bird builds no nest, but deposits its eggs upon the bare rock without protection of any kind. These eggs are stated to be perfectly white, and three or four inches in length. The female is also said to remain with her young for a whole year. The...
Page 46 - ... but are perfectly black in every part of their plumage, with the exception of the primary and a few of the secondary quill-feathers, which are white. Their bill is of a bright red above, and is surmounted at the base in the male by a slight protuberance, which is wanting in the female. Towards its anterior part it is crossed by a whitish liand.
Page 267 - As in it they are of a beautiful deep purple in the centre, which is about the size of a shilling ; this is surrounded by a band of green becoming narrow behind, but widening in front, and filling up a kind of notch that occurs in the blue ; then comes a broad brownish band ; and lastly, a narrow black ring, edged with chestnut, all beautifully metallick, or rather presenting the hues of various precious stones, when viewed in certain lights.