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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 ...
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- By William Macgillivray ..
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- English
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- London : Printed for Scott, Webster, and Geary, 1837-52
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- 5 volumes : illustrations, XXIX plates ; 22 cm
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- ocm05592308
- Vol. 4-5 published by W.S. Orr and co.
- 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; Cuculinæ; 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