 Feet having the three anterior toes united by a membrane as far as the first joint, and the hind toe articulated upon the tarsus, which in the male birds is furnished with a horny cone-shaped sharp spur.  An Illustrated Manual of British Birds - Стр. xxxавторы: Howard Saunders - 1899 - Страниц: 776Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte - 1831 - Страниц: 344
...outer quill feathers, which are of a deep steel blue ; legs and naked part of the thighs, pale red, the three anterior toes united by a membrane as far as the first joint. Whether the female differs, in the colour of her plumage, from the male, or what changes both undergo... | |
 | Leonard Jenyns - 1835 - Страниц: 602
...membrane : cheeks naked, adorned with scarlet papillae : ears covered : tarsi of the male spurred : anterior toes united by a membrane as far as the first joint : wings short ; fourth and fifth quills longest: tail very long, cuneated, of eighteen feathers. ~T... | |
 | Leonard Jenyns - 1835 - Страниц: 624
...callous horny protuberance ; beneath the cheeks pendulous carunculated wattles : tarsi without spurs : anterior toes united by a membrane as far as the first joint: tail short, bent down, of fourteen or sixteen feathers. III. TETRAONIDvE.— Hind toe short, and weak... | |
 | 1840 - Страниц: 522
...fifth the longest. Tail long, regularly wedgeshaped, and composed of eighteen feathers. Feet having the three anterior toes united by a membrane as far as the first joint, and the hind toe articulated upon the tarsus, which, in the male birds, is furnished with a horny coneshaped... | |
 | 1842 - Страниц: 554
...of the extremities of the four outer quill-feathers, which are deep .steel-blue. Legs pale red ; the three anterior toes united by a membrane as far as the first joint, í Xnttall.) • This brilliant and exclusively American specie?, inhabits chiefly,' says Nuttall,... | |
 | Caleb N. Bement - 1843 - Страниц: 190
...with fleshy wattles on each . side of the lower mandible. Ears naked. Feet armed with strong spurs. Anterior toes united -by a membrane as far as the first joint. Tail of 14 feathers, compressed, more or less arched, ascending. In the female, the comb and wattles... | |
 | 1840 - Страниц: 524
...the longest. Tail long, regularly wedge; shaped, and composed of eighteen feathers) Feet having the three anterior toes united by a membrane as far as the first joint, and the hind toe articulated upon the targus, which, in the male birds, is furnished with a horny coneshaped... | |
 | Caleb N. Bement - 1852 - Страниц: 396
...with fleshy wattles on each side of the lower mandible. Ears naked. Feet arfned with strong spurs. Anterior toes united by a membrane as far as the first joint. Tail, 14 feathers, compressed, more or less arched, ascending. In the female, the comb and wattles... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1859 - Страниц: 830
...composed of eighteen feathersNnonida Meleagris. t Phasianidie. J Phaiiairas colchicos. Feet, having three anterior toes united by a membrane as far as the first joint, and the hind to« articulated upon the tarsus, which in the male birds is furnished with a horny cone-shaped... | |
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