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Title: A general history of birds
Year: 1821 (1820s)
Authors: Latham, John, 1740-1837 Latham, John, 1740-1837. General synopsis of birds Latham, John, 1740-1837. Index to the General history of birds Chanler, Robert Winthrop, 1872-1930, donor. DSI Wright, J., binder. DSI Bailer Bros. (Firm), binder. DSI E. Weyhe (Firm), bookseller. DSI
Subjects: Birds Birds
Publisher: Winchester (England) : Printed by Jacob and Johnson, for the author : sold in London by G. and W.B. Whittaker ... (and 3 others)
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with pale reddish brown spots all over, and weighing about27 grains. It seems to be spread throughout the kingdom, and hasan agreeable and lively song, at which time it, for the most part,erects the feathers of the crown into a sort of crest. It is more likethe Pettichaps than any other, but this latter has never any rufoustinge in the plumage, and the tail feathers are of one colour. The White Throat, called by some the Nettle-creeper, feeds bothon insects and fruits, and may be seen in the summer in the gardens,making havock among the cherries and currants ; but by way ofrecompence, destroys also a multitude of noxious insects, spiders, &c.and is a well known and common species, both here and on theContinent of Europe, as may be seen from the various synonymsquoted ; by the people of Provence, in France, it is called Passerine.It extends southward into Spain at the least, being well known inthe Province of Andalusia, and is said to be met with in Gibraltarat all seasons. pi. cv;
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^%&,JJ&r0a*. WARBLER. 47 39— STOPAROLA WARBLER. Motacilla Sylvia, Lin. i. 330. 9. Faun. suec. No. 250. Gm. Lin. i. 950, Brun. No. 275 ? Muller, 269. Faun. arag. 83. 5. Borowsk. iii. 188 ?Curruca cinerea, Bris. iii. 370. t. 21. 1. Id. 8vo. i. 415. Buf. v. 409. iii.Stoparola, Aldrov. Op. ii. 732. SIZE scarcely larger than the Willow Wren. Head, neck, andall the upper parts cinereous; the under white; quills cinereousbrown; tail the same, the exterior feather white, on the outer web, thewhole length, the second white at the tip; the breast of one colour. Inhabits woods and groves, and called in Sweden Skogsknetter,Mesar; Brisson, whom Linnaeus quotes as a synonym, says, it is fiveinches seven lines long, the ten middle tail feathers brown, marginedall round with grey, the exterior pale cinereous, the outer web andtip white. We can scarcely think it distinct from the White Throat. 40—LESSER WHITE-THROAT WARBLER.—Pl. cv. Sylvia Sylviella, hid. Orn. ii. 515. Motacilla longiros

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