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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    prevailed of a connected Species, Anas erythropus, of a grey colour with a white forehead, (Frisch. Tab. 198.) which, therefore, is by many ornithologists called Bernicla. 6. Mollissima. The Eider-duck. Ger. der Eidervogel. Fr. l’Oie a Duvet.—A. rostro cylindrico, cera postice bifida, rugosa. (Bruxnichs Nat. Hist, des Eidervogels. Tab. 1, &c.) In the Northern World, and particularly numerous in Iceland and Greenland. Its flesh and eggs are very well flavoured. Its skin, which is used for lining clothes, and the well known Eider-down, are of great value. 7- Boschas. The Duck. Ger. die Ente. Fr. le Canard.—A. rectricibus intermediis (maris) recurvatis, rostro recto. (Frisch. Tab. 158, &c.) The wild Duck is found in almost the whole of the Northern World, often in very beautiful varieties. The tame (A. domes- tica.) appears to have a great tendency to unnatural copulation, so that the Drake will tread the common fowl, and the Duck run after, and endeavour to excite, the Turkey-cock. 8. Clypeata. The Shoveler. Ger. die LofFelente. Fr. le Sou- chet.—A. rostro extremo dilatato rotundatoj ungue in- curvo. (Frisch. Tab. 161, &c.) A native of nearly the same countries with the last Species. The inner edges of the bill are furnished with horny bristles almost like whalebone. 78. Mergus. Rostrum denticulatum, subulato-cylindri- cum, apice adunco. 1. Merganser. The Goosander. Ger. der Kneifer. Fr. l’Harle. —M. crista longitudinali erectiuscula : pectore albido immaculato, rectricibus cinereis, scapo nigricante. (Frisch. Tab. 190.) In the whole of the Northern World. Together with other Species of this Genus, injurious to fish ponds, particularly at the time of spawning. 79. Alca. Rostrum edentulum, breve, compressum, con- vexum, transverse sulcatum : mandibula inferior ante basin gibba. The whole genus is found on the coasts and cliffs of the North- ern World. 1. Arctica. The Puffin. Ger. der Papagey-Taucher. Fr. le Macareux. —A. rostro compresso-ancipiti, sulcato sulcis 4, K