The Birds of America: From Drawings Made in the United States and Their Territories, Том 7J.J. Audubon, 1844 This edition has 65 new images, making a total of 500. The original configurations were altered so that there is only one species per plate. The text is a revision of the Ornithological Biography, rearranged according to Audubon's Synopsis of the Birds of North America (1839). |
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... groove , convex , the edges sharp , direct , irregularly jagged , with a promi- nence at the commencement of the curve at the elongated , compressed , tapering , decurved point ; lower mandible with the angle extremely long , narrow ...
... groove , convex , the edges sharp , direct , irregularly jagged , with a promi- nence at the commencement of the curve at the elongated , compressed , tapering , decurved point ; lower mandible with the angle extremely long , narrow ...
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... groove , convex , the edges sharp and inflected , with a prominence at the commencement of the curve of the elongated compressed hooked point . Nostrils basal , linear , in- conspicuous . Lower mandible with the angle extremely long ...
... groove , convex , the edges sharp and inflected , with a prominence at the commencement of the curve of the elongated compressed hooked point . Nostrils basal , linear , in- conspicuous . Lower mandible with the angle extremely long ...
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... groove on each side of the ridge , are so inconspicuous as to be with difficulty detected , being quite linear , 3 twelfths long , and covered above by a mem- branous edge . The aperture of the ear is of moderate size , 3 twelfths in ...
... groove on each side of the ridge , are so inconspicuous as to be with difficulty detected , being quite linear , 3 twelfths long , and covered above by a mem- branous edge . The aperture of the ear is of moderate size , 3 twelfths in ...
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... groove from the sides , erect at the base , sloping towards the edges , edges very acute , with an internal groove ; lower mandible with the angle excessively long , extending to the unguis , the sides erect and convex , the edges thin ...
... groove from the sides , erect at the base , sloping towards the edges , edges very acute , with an internal groove ; lower mandible with the angle excessively long , extending to the unguis , the sides erect and convex , the edges thin ...
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... groove in its whole length ; the sides then slope upwards to the incurved margin , and in this latter space is received the edge of the other mandible . Lower mandible having its crura separated , very slender , elastic , and meeting ...
... groove in its whole length ; the sides then slope upwards to the incurved margin , and in this latter space is received the edge of the other mandible . Lower mandible having its crura separated , very slender , elastic , and meeting ...
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9 twelfths acute alight angle anteriorly Arctic Tern Bay of Fundy Bill black Biog Black Guillemot Black Tern Bonap breeding brown Brown Pelican brownish-black cloaca coast colour Common Tern compressed curved decurved dusky edge of lower edges sharp eggs elongated end of claws end of tail end of wings extending extent of wings extremely feathers feet Female fish Gannets Guillemot Gulls hind toe inches long inner islands Labrador Larus Length to end longest longitudinal lower mandible margin middle toe moderate length narrow Nasal groove Nature by JJ nearly straight nests nostrils oblong outer papillæ Pelicans plumage primary quills Red-throated Diver rest rapidly graduated ridge convex rounded Sandwich Tern scutella scutellate sharp and inflected shores short slender SOOTY TERN species Sterna stomach tapering tarsus Tern tibia trachea twelfths in breadth twelfths long Upper mandible White Pelicans wing from flexure Wings very long winter
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Стр. 263 - The only authentic account of the occurrence of this bird on our coast that I possess was obtained from Mr Henry Havell, brother of my engraver, who, when on his passage from New York to England, hooked a Great Auk on the Banks of Newfoundland in extremely boisterous weather. On being hauled on board it was left at liberty on the deck ; it walked very awkwardly, often tumbling over, bit every one within reach of its powerful bill, and refused food of all kinds. After continuing several days on board...
Стр. 90 - Sferna fuliginosa never dives headlong and perpendicularly as the smaller species are wont to do, such as St. Hirundo, St. arctica, St. minuta, St. Dougallii, or St. nigra, but passes over its prey in a curved line, and picks it up. Its action I cannot better compare to that of any other bird than the Night Hawk, while plunging over its female. I have often observed this Tern follow and hover in the wake of a porpoise, while the latter was pursuing its prey, and at the instant when by a sudden...
Стр. 90 - ... and so quick the motion of their wings. Their cries were indeed deafening, yet not more than half of them took to wing on our arrival, those which rose being chiefly male birds, as we afterwards ascertained. We ran across the naked beach, and as we entered the thick cover before...
Стр. 252 - ... Bald Island. Here in 1906 we found about 150 pairs of puffins. At Wolf Island, near Cape Whittle, in 1884 Frazer found a colony of about a thousand puffins. Still farther to the east is the famous Parroquet Island near Bradore. Audubon (1840) visited this island in 1833. He says: As we rowed toward it, although we found the water literally covered with thousands of these birds, the number that flew over and around the green island seemed much greater, insomuch that one might have imagined half...
Стр. 162 - ... moss and in open ground; but as my sons and the fishermen collected most of their eggs for winter use, and sadly annoyed the poor things, the old ones gradually began to put their nests on the trees in the thickest parts of the woods. The youngest birds, however, still have some on the ground, and the whole are becoming less wild since I have forbidden strangers to rob their nests; for, gentlemen, you are the only persons out of my family that have fired a gun on White Head Island for several...
Стр. 210 - ... loud and most singular splashing. It is highly amusing to observe the voracity with which they seize the pieces of fat that fall in their way ; the size and quantity of the pieces they take at a meal ; the curious chuckling noise which, in their anxiety for dispatch, they always make ; and the jealousy with which they view, and the boldness with which they attack, any of their species that are engaged in devouring the finest morsels. They frequently glut themselves so completely, that they are...
Стр. 185 - Bay, where it subsists on putrid fish, and other animal substances thrown up by the sea, and also on the matters which the Gulls disgorge when pursued by it.
Стр. 263 - ... our coast that I possess, was obtained from Mr. Henry Havell, brother of my engraver, who, when on his passage from New York to England, hooked a Great Auk on the banks of Newfoundland, in extremely boisterous weather." This specimen was not preserved. " When I was in Labrador," continues Audubon, " many of the fishermen assured me that the ' Penguin,' as they name this bird, breeds on a low rocky island to the south-east of Newfoundland.
Стр. 209 - The Fulmar is the constant companion of the whale-fisher. It joins his ship immediately on passing the Shetland Islands, and accompanies it through the trackless ocean to the highest accessible latitudes. It keeps an eager watch for any thing thrown overboard; the smallest particle of fatty substance can scarcely escape it.
Стр. 21 - ... a perpendicular position, the water was allowed to run out, and the bill being again raised upwards, the fish was swallowed. After thus swimming for about a hundred yards in an extended line, and parallel to each other, they would rise on wing, wheel about, and realight at the place where their fishing...