The genera of birds : comprising their generic characters, a notice of the habits of the genus, and an extensive list of species referred to their several genera

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Title: The genera of birds : comprising their generic characters, a notice of the habits of the genus, and an extensive list of species referred to their several genera
Year: 1849 (1840s)
Authors: Gray, George Robert, 1808-1872 Mitchell, David William
Subjects: Birds Birds
Publisher: London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans

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seven to ten in number; and the young take to the water as soon as hatched, where theyare attended and protected by the parents till able to provide for themselves. 1. F. atra Linn. PI. enl. 197., Goulds B. of Eur. pi. 338.—Fulica aterrima Linn.; F. sethiops Span: Mus. Carls, t. 13.; F.pullata Pall.; F. atrata Pall. Briss. Orn. t. 2. f. 2. ; F. leucoryxSparr. Mm. Carls. 1.12. 2. F. cristata Gmel. PI. enl. 797-, Vieill. Gal. des Ois. t. 269- 3. F. chloropoides King, Zool. Journ. iv. 95. 4. F. gallinuloides King, Zool. Journ. iv. 95. 5. F. leucoptera Vieill. N. Diet. dHist. Nat. xii. 48., Azara 447. 6. F. armillata Vieill. N. Diet. dHist. Nat. xii. 47., Azara 448. 7. F. amcricana Gmel. Audub. B. of Amer. pi. 239-, Am. Orn.pi. 73. f. 1. — Fulica Wilsoni Steph. 8. F. leucopyga Wagl. Isis, 1831.516. 9. F. ardesiaca Tschudi, Wiegm. Arch. 1831. p. 389- 10. F. gigantea Eyd. et Souley. Voy. de la Bonite, p. 102. t. 8. * Established by Linnreus (Systema Nat it rep) in 1735. February, 1845.
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