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Identifier: historyofbritish02morr (find matches)
Title: A history of British birds. By the Rev. F.O. Morris ..
Year: 1862 (1860s)
Authors: Morris, F. O. (Francis Orpen), 1810-1893
Subjects: Birds
Publisher: London, Groombridge and Sons
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the end of Juh, but sometimes are later,as they remain in it a long time, until able, or nearly ableto forage for themselves. Male; w^eight, nearly an ounce; length, seven inches or more,even up to eight inches and a half; bill, very short and black;iris, dark brown; head, broad. The whole plumage, which isclose set, w^ith the exception of a small patch of greyish whiteunder the chin, is blackish brown, with a tinge of green, light3ellow, and purple. The wings, of extraordinary length,expand to the wddth of eighteen inches; the second quillfeather is the longest, the first a little longer than the third.Tail, much forked; the legs, which are covered with shortfeathers in front, the toes, four in number, and all directedforwards but the innermost, wdiich is the smallest, and re-versible, and the claws, which are short, blackish brown. The female resembles the male. In the 3^oung bird thechin is white, the back has some of the feathers tipped withbuff white, and the tertiaries the same.
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127 ALPINE SWIFT. WHITE-BELLIED SWIFT. Cypselus aJpinus, Selbv. Jenyss. Cypselus—A Martlet. Alpinus—Of of belonging to alpine places. This Swift is found throughout Europe—in Spain, France,Switzerland, Italy, Sardinia, Malta, Greece, and the Archipelago;it is also believed to be a native of Africa, and probably ofAsia Minor. It is considered as excellent for the table. Several of these birds have been met with of late years inthese islands:—One was shot in the beginning of June, 1820,at Kingsgate, in the Isle of Thanet, Kent; a second nearBuckenhani Church, Norfolkj in the middle of September,1831; a third was picked up dead near Saffron Walden, inin Essex, in July, 1838. Another of these birds, a fourthrecorded specimen, flew into a house, through a window, ator near Dover, as I am informed by Edward Cole, Esq., ofRyther, and was captured on the 20th. of August, 1830;a fifth was seen near Cambridge, by E. B. Fitton, Esq., onthe 26th. or 27th. of May, 1815, In Ireland, one was
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