African Finfoot (Podica senegalensis) Identifier: generalhistoryo10lath (
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A general history of birdsYear:
1821 (
1820s)Authors:
Latham, John, 1740-1837 Latham, John, 1740-1837. General synopsis of birds Latham, John, 1740-1837. Index to the General history of birds Chanler, Robert Winthrop, 1872-1930, donor. DSI Wright, J., binder. DSI Bailer Bros. (Firm), binder. DSI E. Weyhe (Firm), bookseller. DSISubjects:
Birds BirdsPublisher:
Winchester (England) : Printed by Jacob and Johnson, for the author : sold in London by G. and W.B. Whittaker ... (and 3 others)Contributing 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:part; tongue three-fourths of the length of the bill;plumage in general above brown, with several spots of the size ofpeas, on the lower part of the neck, and beginning of the back, butmore numerous on the former; these are buff-coloured, and marginedwith black ; over the eye sparingly beset with feathers, or ratherdown ; from behind the eye a slender streak of white, passing downon each side of the neck; chin and throat white; the rest of theunder parts dirty rufous white, inclining most to white on the breast;vent pale rufous brown ; side feathers under the wings, marked withtwo or more obsolete spots on each side of the shaft; under wingcoverts brown, spotted with white ; tail cuneiform, stout, nearly sixinches long, the outer feathers about three ; the whole of a darkcolour, with tawny yellow, stiff webs ; thighs bare a little way abovethe joint; legs strong, four inches in length from the joint to thefoot, the toes all disunited, but furnished on each side with a triple, EL.CLXTVText Appearing After Image:/n-frffjf .J////rr/. PINFOOT. ) 1 scolloped membrane, in the manner of the Plialarope, or Coot; thecolour orange ; claws pretty long, and hooked, the middle one ser-rated on the inner edge ; the wings reach to about one-third on tlietail. —Inhabits Africa. The above description taken from a speci-men in the collection of Mr. H. Brogden. I observe a second alsoin that of Mr. Bullock; and a third in the possession of Mr. Lead-beater ; but the last is smaller, the colour and spots less defined,and most probably differs in sex, or may not have arrived at perfectmaturity. 2—AMERICAN FINFOOT. Plottis Surinamensis, Ind. Orn. ii. 896. G»i. Lin. i. 581. Le Grebe-foulque, Buf. viii. 248. PI. enl. 893. Tern. Man. Ed. ii. Anal. p. cvi. Podoa. Oiseau de Soleil, Descr. Surin.n. 192. Le Macas a doigtier, Voy. dAzara, iv. No. 440. Surinam Tern, Brown, III. p. 90. pi. 39. Surinam Darter, Gen. Syn.yx. 026. SIZE of a Teal; length thirteen inches, Bill one inch and one-eighth long, pale, and sharp aNote 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.