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7 “ a * í i , r e e f 0 “ M l« :<>i' it» ie n g t l i a n d em a r g in a t e d - ,
tm o f b o th m a n d ib le s s t r a i g h t an d s h a rp , tha t, o f th e u n d e r m a n d ib le
p | 0 . Nostnls b a s a l, lo n g i tu d in a l , p í a e '- í m th e f a r r o w o f th e
1 | ! * ” * « “ e n *í>rai>« i lo « * a n d o r b i t s r o l l e d , /¿ag, o f m e a n
f I11' ’:' aa<í « W f i e h in d ; m i d * , t d | S | | j | | i ' : t ic :, th e ta r su s ,
i b y ,, m em b r a » , to th e m id d le one us fair ® ¡¡¡ife •
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7 ' life - * ’* ft .*{*.'•■• flo ir .
'| | llc jw u ’Phc'1 - ■VV"-"4■ ' 7 ■ ^ id »■‘(«(«.d snbfrívi&íons o f large fauriiies than the.CoininOB
aoother in ftew South W il • i ^ ** * , ! ? ? * : fnMí k p í fc»oi*l at Terra del Fuego,-
, '” ! ,m°.n 00 ,S °™? ‘feries in jS«n.>/«\ ..., i -7e »vfiole o f vrhieh i* «< .
íllsií i/vÉr H)6 Vvbolf1 o f A-i'-t 'iof? (•!-,. "w-iK-'f'i, • . . , ■ . n . f :. . «lurtiRin m g tons f*f.*f,ttf tg : ;;„n, ,; > . iwi .líoutícai, t |lc I®!,’' T> ®
nractica bran so great * resemblance to the European t»i ,« So n.a,!m. « eve to r! , V .
, 7 ' 7 ' * * Alm' ri{:ilu k!nh are, however, we believe, i.eger in all their pKipprlions,
Both the adolts and y.vuig have been frcqueni'y killed within the British Islands, and particular insta,ires
r reC° . !” ' he TO^ 0 fM *- a” d otl" ’ • U “ especially abundant in Holland, France, and Ger-
„ .¡ ..j- ‘ f * P, * "d mars^ « ‘ oations, in the neighbourhood o f trees and high
L a n r i E > I f ™ " the true Herons, Ardea, and the Bitterns,
smmI t , wtpposed, partakes o. the habits and manners o f both, for although it affects more
3 “ ■ 7 " n' ' " “ ' 11 '" 'iv i thoKs frequently resorts during the day to high trees and woods, where
P r t a g y j . « “ — .,ves attest, having received
• W indsor ■ this ».-‘‘»iviti« á «>* , -, «. t ” 8 10 ‘ '\ í*!'1 E" >e P v P oi Fré^uaore pesjr ■
d, ,t TtisTis rd•r e v,i sitoi. 4 ' , “xfl ^ t,sir tíW1 <yh*h emlká the kez‘p er t* metefin m y' pYi ra¿*- -
On the approach m«s , t f e S g i n Her- , retiras a iü h .« « » i, ,w s iiiilJ a L S í - ■
a plentiful i.ipj.ly o f (oori t' w hm t iy . e.v.juat I» oh,«.,,cii is it.,,.!, up,i(, , ..B , ' | . ' 7
«c iotymach after the manner o f g Í » í Hoto» , on,I l b , : « * '--oiict «V | l $ l |
fio* to¡mH) t branches, o f traits of, whra „D woeArtne mrnr its •, , „o ,« :« lu» -,-s "
w«‘ eggs are four in number, of a puk greenish blu«. _
VJWVHnnk mclimng to yellow « the base : crown of the lierd, hack o f the neck upper part b f.the back
w ’.tiiijjiMiirsi iiiihck v.'j.iti green refíisetiotí,» t sides o f íb^ wok n»«*t nf il,-. i, ’ ,
W j B f f / a L * ■■ A- 7 i P • ’ n r pa,i ot thc ow k- rf»‘f*p. ^ « g s , aod t»il
■ R f f f tomhead, throat, and and« parts white) from the hack o f the load «¡.r.na thtee long, narrow
¿I i l u S l F , ’ m' i' u - i c É ! S i l M l s l8 M rr liw ° * ^ l W ® ' i f f j i “ ««gle p lum e th e y can
MtfflWtm claws black, short, and hooked, that o f the inner
• I L r * Z a J S 7 fe l * " * * '1 1 « reAii,i!l K l i i i bllre SIMM w u °d ike eyes greenish blue.
i S s f lM P ' 1® , . -a s 1 or ,ieslil1S « rfcsdtnte o f the p lm m at the hack o f the head has
7 I S I S Í P" f f ‘hc ' " i.1 '’ladii,,S - W* flic M “ rf lower mandible yellowish green , the L a d
; ' ,l!' >r;' ' ' '!7sr<- :-,f rVi^xr yeílowiíii white; tin; front o f f:be rietk and the
ot an wncer surface yellowish r lio c deeply rum-gined frith doll yellowish,brown • the hack
I » M r wing-eoverts deep brewn, the centre of eneh feather shcul.cd with yellowish white; greater ew-erts
b™ TOl mt-h triangidur spots o f white ; :„e tail brown, the legs yellowish green S i •'
M M hnght orange. Between this soite, If’ cSn it in. known by the. name o f the G«rdemm Hm l and
'«■. * .^weessp-e i»«Wí»Sf»g; s góuteagfe iipftnwcbing nearer to that o f the aault, utuid in
*?!%?■ ?* wese stages has been described as a different sjk’cíc.s.
JHate represents at* adult und F rd ot the níitura! size.