Identifier: ornithologicalmi03rowl (
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Ornithological miscellanyYear:
1876 (
1870s)Authors:
Rowley, George Dawson, 1822-1878 Keulemans, J. G. (John Gerrard), 1842-1912, ill Walther, T., lithographer Allen, Edgar W., lithographer Smith, J., lithographer Erxleben, J., lithographer Hanhart, Michael, printer of plates Hanhart, N, printer of plates Chase, Robert William, former owner. DSI Mackintosh, Duncan Robert, former owner. DSI Mintern Bros., printer of platesSubjects:
Birds Birds BirdsPublisher:
London : Trübner and Co., Bernard Quaritch, R.H. PorterContributing Library:
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view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.Text Appearing Before Image:as the preceding species. In Ussuri country the closely allied species of Chroicocephalus ridihundusis very abundant. It commences to arrive at Lake Hanka about the middleof March; but the principal migration takes place early in April. TheseGulls can be seen, high up in the clouds, flying in a northerly direction insmall flocks, or even singly. On the coasts of the Japanese Sea I often metwith C. ridihundus in October and November, and saw a few wintering birdsin December at St. Olga. 285. Sterna anglica, Mont. Kratchka chernonosaya. Inhabits Mongolia, Ordos, and Ala-shan, and breeds in the two latterlocalities—i. e. in the Hoang-ho valley on Lake Urgun-nor, and in SouthernAla-shan on a small marsh, Bayan-bulik. It does not occur in the Ussuricountry, and has not been observed in China proper. (To BE CONTINUED.) PART XIII. I come from haunts of coot and hern; I make a sudden sally.And sparkle out among the fern. To bicker down a valley. Tennyson : The Brook. VOL. III. R wo O oo o oText Appearing After Image:to o o CO CO o ■2 CO ON THE GENUS PTILOPUS. (PTILONOPUS, Swains.).By Mr. G. D. ROWLEY. (Continued from p. 64.) (Plate XCV.)PTILOPUS MUSSCHENBROEKI, Von Rosenberg. Ptilopus musschenbroekii, Rosenb. in litt. Ptilopus viridis, sthjys ffeelvinkiana, Schleg. Nederl. Tijdschr. Dierk. iv. p. 23 (1871). Ptilopus viridis geelvinkianuSf Schleg. Mus. P.-B. Col. p. 23 (1873). Ptilopus musschenbroekii, Salvadori, Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. ix. p. 195 (1876). The following is a translation of a notice of this bird (Schlegel, Nederl.Tijdschr. Dierk. iv. p. 23, sub Ptilopus viridis, stirps geelvinkiand) -.— M. von Rosenberg sent ys, under the name of Ptilopus musschenbroekii,a fine series of a Ptilopus observed by this naturalist and traveller on severalislands of the great Geelvink Bay—viz. on Mafoor, Meosnum, and Soek(Mysore). This bird recalls perfectly P. viridis, observed on the Ceramgroup, including Buru, Amboina, and the subgroup of Goram. There are,in fact, no other differences than the followNote About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.