Identifier: birdsEuropeIIIGoul (find matches)
Title: The birds of Europe
Year: 1837 (1830s)
Authors: Gould, John, 1804-1881
Subjects: Pictorial works Birds
Publisher: London, Printed by R. and J.E. Taylor, pub. by the author
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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aring a marked resemblance to those of the Woodpeckers: like them, it ascends the trunks of trees, strikesthe bark with its bill in order to dislodge the larvae of insects which lurk beneath, and upon which it feeds,together with worms, fruits, nuts, the seeds of pine, &c. It incubates in the holes of decayed trees, frequently enlarging the cavity to the necessary size, and laysfive or six eggs, of a yellowish white. The sexes, as in the Corvidce in general, offer no external difference of plumage ; the female is, however,somewhat smaller than the male, and perhaps a little more obscure in her markings. The whole of the plumage is of a deep reddish brown, inclining to umber ; the body varied, except on thehead and rump, with large spots of white, occupying the centre of every feather; wings and tail brownishblack, with green reflections, the latter being tipped with white, the two middle feathers excepted; bills andlegs brownish black. We have figured the bird of the natural size.
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JTAlfoGarrulus Glandarius, (Urifs.j DrmmfirnvJl/canatr £ an, Jtmu ly J~& U. GvnZcl. Genus GARRULUS. Gen. Char. Bill shorter than the head, conical, slightly compressed, straight at the base, ratherdeflected towards the tip, which is faintly emarginated; the lower mandible of nearlyequal thickness, and having its culmen equally convex with that of the upper; commissurestraight; head crested. Nostrils basal, lateral, hidden from view by short setaceous plumes.Wings rounded, with the first quill-feather short; the fourth, fifth and sixth of nearly equallength, and the longest in the wing. Tail square or slightly rounded. Legs weaker thanin the genus Corvus. Tarsi longer than the middle toe; the outer toe joined at its base tothe middle one, and longer than the inner; hind toe strong, with a dilated sole. Clawsstout, moderately curved and sharp ; that on the hind toe stronger and longer than anyof the rest. JAY. Garrulus glandarius, Briss.Le Geai. This common but extremely ornamental

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