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PLATE 3.

PARTS OF BIRDS.

31. Falcon, as Falco gentilis (modern Accipiter gentilis)
32. Bird of paradise, Paradisea apoda (accepted spelling Paradisaea)
33. Crowned pigeon, as Columba coronata (modern Goura cristata)
34. Pheasant, Phasianus colchicus
35. Cock, as Phasianus gallus (modern Gallus gallus)
36. Red Grous, as Tetrao scoticus (modern Lagopus lagopus scotica)
37. Black Grous, as Tetrao tetrix (modern Lyrurus tetrix)
38. Ptarmigan, as Tetrao lagopus (modern Lagopus lagopus)
39. Bustard, Otis tarda
40. Ostrich, Struthio camelus
41. Heron, as Ardea major (modern Ardea cinerea)
42. Bittern, as Ardea stellaris (modern Botaurus stellaris)
43. Snipe, as Scolopax gallinago (modern Gallinago gallinago)
44. Curlew, as Scolopax arquata (modern Numenius arquata)
45. Woodcock, Scolopax rusticola
46. Ruff, as Tringa pugnax (modern Calidris pugnax)
47. Swan, as Anas olor (modern Cygnus olor)
48. Eider duck, as Anas mollissima (modern Somateria mollissima)
49. Puffin, as Alca arctica (modern Fratercula arctica)
50. Penguin
51. Gannet, as Pelecanus bassanus (modern Morus bassanus)
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Source Useful Knowledge: or a Familiar Account of the Various Productions of Nature, Mineral, Vegetable, and Animal, which are Chiefly Employed for the Use of Man. Volume III: Animals: Project Gutenberg
Author Rev. Wiliam Bingley


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