Excerpt from A General History of Birds, Vol. 4 Nearly the size Of a Lark; length eight inches and three quarters; extent of wing nine inches and a half. Bill black, two inches long, square, a trifle incurvated, and sharp at the point, at the base some stiff hairs, pointing forward; irides blue; plumage in general most brilliant green, glossed with copper and gold, in different lights; chin White; throat and breast glossy green, like the back belly and vent rufous the tail of ten feathers, cuneiform in shape, the two ...
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Excerpt from A General History of Birds, Vol. 4 Nearly the size Of a Lark; length eight inches and three quarters; extent of wing nine inches and a half. Bill black, two inches long, square, a trifle incurvated, and sharp at the point, at the base some stiff hairs, pointing forward; irides blue; plumage in general most brilliant green, glossed with copper and gold, in different lights; chin White; throat and breast glossy green, like the back belly and vent rufous the tail of ten feathers, cuneiform in shape, the two middle ones three inches and a quarter long, the outer very short; legs greenish yellow, very short, and weak; claws black. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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