A Manual of British Vertebrate Animals: Or Descriptions of All the Animals Belonging to the Classes, Mammalia, Aves, Reptilia, Amphibia, and Pisces,: Which Have Been Hitherto Observed in the British Islands, Including the Domesticated, Naturalized, and Extirpated Species: the Whole Systematically ArangedPrinted at the Pitt Press, by John Smith, ... sold by J. & J.J. Deighton; and T. Stevenson, Cambridge; and Longman & Company, London., 1835 - 559 pages |
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abdomen anal anal fins belly beneath bill bill black Birds Bloch bluish body branchiostegous membrane breast Brit carpus caudal caudal fin colour commencing d'Orn depth DESCRIPT diam Dict DIMENS dorsal fin dusky brown edged elongated Entire length eyes Faun feathers feet Fish Flem forehead gape gray grayish half head Hist Ichth Illust inch seven lines inches four lines inches nine lines inches six lines inches three lines inches two lines irides last species lateral line legs Linn longest longitudinal male mandible membrane middle Mont nape nearly neck nostrils occiput opercle pale pectoral fins pectorals Penn Pisc plumage preopercle pure white quills rays reddish brown scapulars Selb sides snout spines spots streaks Syst tail tail-coverts tarsi teeth Temm throat tinged toes trans transverse Turt upper ventrals vomer whitish wing-coverts wings extended Yarr yellow yellowish white Zool