Catalogue
Catalogue
Object Type
Name/Title
A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory: including their organization, habits, and relations; remarks on classification and nomenclature; an account of the principal organs of birds, and observations relative to practical ornithology
Primary Maker
Contributor/Publisher
Printed for Scott, Webster and Geary
Place
Date
1837-1852
Physical Description
5 v. : ill., XXIX pl. ; 22 cm.
Level of Current Record
Bib record
Member Object
Subject Category
Content
v. 1. Rasores, scrapers, or gallinaceous birds; Gemitores, cooers, or pigeons; Deglubitores, huskers, or conirostral birds; Vagatores, wanderers, or crows and allied genera.
v. 2. Cantatores, songsters.
v. 3. Reptatores, creepers; Scansores, climbers; Cuculinµ; Raptores, plunderers, or rapacious birds; Excursores, snatchers; Volitatores, gliders; Jaculatores, darters.
v. 4. Cursores, or runners; Tentatores, or probers; Aucupatores, or stalkers; Latitores, or skulkers.
v. 5. Cribratores, or sifters; Urinatores, or divers; Mersatores, or plungers.
Public Access Text
Vol. 4-5 published by W.S. Orr and co.
Collection Type
Reserve Collection
Copyright
All rights reserved
Last Update
19 Dec 2023
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