A manual of the elements of natural history / By I. F. Blumenbach ... Translated from the tenth German edition, by R. T. Gore.

  • Blumenbach, Johann Friedrich, 1752-1840.
Date:
1825
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Credit: A manual of the elements of natural history / By I. F. Blumenbach ... Translated from the tenth German edition, by R. T. Gore. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    12!2 falcinellus, met with in the South of Germany and other parts of Europe. 69. Scolopax. Rostrum teretiusculum, obtusum, capite longius, facies tecta, pedes tetradactyli, postico pluribus articulis insistente. 1. Arquata. (Numenius.) The Curlew. Ger. die Brachscb- neife. Fr. le Courlis.—S. rostro arcuato, pedibus cserules- centibus, alis nigris maculis niveis. (v. Wiedungen Taschenbuch, f. 1809.) Widely dispersed over the coasts of the Northern World. 2. Rusticula. The Woodcock. Ger. die Waldschnepfe. Fr. la Becasse.—S. rostro basi rufescente, pedibus cinereis, fe- moribus tectis, fascia capitis nigra. (v. Wildungen Taschenbuch, f. 1801.) In the warmer parts of the North of the Old World. 3. Gallimgo. The Snipe. Ger. die Heersclinepfe. Fr. la Be- cassine.—S. rostro recto, tuberculato, pedibus fuscis, frontis lineis fuscis quaternis. (v. Wildungen Taschenbuch, f. 1803.) In almost every part of the Northern World. 60. Tringa. Rostrum teretiusculum longitudine ca- pitis, digito postico uni-articulato, a terra elevato. 1. Pugnax. The Ruff. Ger. der Rampfhahn. Fr. le Combat- tant.—T. rostro pedibusque rubis, rectricibus tribus late- ralibus immaculatis, facie papillis granulatis carneis. (Frisch. Tab. 232.) In the North of the Old World. It has its name from the fero- city with which the males attack each other at the pairing time. 2. Vanellus. (Gavia.) The Lapwing. Ger. der Kybitz. Fr. le Vanneau.—T. pedibus rubris, crista dependente, pectore nigro. (Frisch. Tab. 213.) Also in the Northern parts of the Old World. 61. Charadrius. Plover. Ger. Regenpfeiffer. Fr. Plu- vier.—Rostrum teretiusculum, obtusum. Nares line- ares. Pedes cursorii, tridactyli. 1 Hiaticula. The Sea-Lark. Ger. die See-lerche. Fr. le Plu- vier a collier.—C. pectore nigro, fronte nigricante fasci- ola alba, vertice fusco, pedibus luteis. (Frisch. Tab. 214.)