Image from page 11 of "A natural history of foreign birds" (1820)
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Identifier: McGillLibrary-PN970_D39_B49_1820_v_1_001249236-1905 Title: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookidMcGillLibrary-PN970_D39_B49_1820_v_1_001249236-1905">A natural history of foreign birds Year: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookyear1820">1820 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookdecade1820">1820s) Authors: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookauthorBewick__Thomas_1753_1828">Bewick, Thomas,1753-1828 https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookauthorDavison__William_1780_1858_printer">Davison, William,1780-1858,printer Subjects: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/booksubjectBirds____Pictorial_works_">Birds -- Pictorial works. https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/booksubjectChapbooks____Specimens_">Chapbooks -- Specimens. https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/booksubjectMcGill_University_Library_Digitized_Title">McGill University Library Digitized Title https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/booksubjectMcGill_Library_s_Chapbook_Collection">McGill Library's Chapbook Collection https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/booksubjectBirds">Birds https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/booksubjectChapbooks">Chapbooks Publisher: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookpublisherAlnwick___Printed_and_sold_wholesale_and_retail_by_W__Davison">Alnwick : Printed and sold wholesale and retail by W. Davison Contributing Library: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookcontributorMcGill_University_Library">McGill University Library View Book Page: https://archive.org/stream/McGillLibrary-PN970_D39_B49_1820_v_1_001249236-1905/PN970_D39_B49_1820_v_1_001249236#page/n11/mode/1up" >Book Viewer About This Book: https://archive.org/details/McGillLibrary-PN970_D39_B49_1820_v_1_001249236-1905" >Catalog Entry View All Images: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookidMcGillLibrary-PN970_D39_B49_1820_v_1_001249236-1905">All Images From Book Click here to https://archive.org/stream/McGillLibrary-PN970_D39_B49_1820_v_1_001249236-1905/PN970_D39_B49_1820_v_1_001249236#page/n11/mode/1up" >view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: THE CASSOWARY. The cassowary is next in size to the ostrich, butof a different nature. His wings are hardly per-ceptible, being very short, and entirely concealedunder the plumage. The general tint of his fea-thers is brown, with some spots of vermilion red;his head is small and depressed, with a hornycrown ; the head and neck are deprived of feathers,and only set with a kind of hairy down. Thecassowary eats indiscriminately whatever comesin his way, and does not seem to have any sort ofpredilection for any kind of food. He is a nativeof the southern parts of India. A S 6 Text Appearing After Image: THE DODO. This creature strikes the imagination as one ofthe most unwieldy and inactive in nature. Itsround and massive body is barely supported upontwo short thick legs* like pillars; while its neckand head rise from it in a manner truly grotesque.The bill is of an extraordinary length, of a bluishwhite colour, and resembling, in its formation, twopointed spoons laid together by the backs. Fromall this results a stupid and voracious aspect, stillfurther increased by a border of feathers round thebeak, which forms a sort of hood, and completesthis picture of stupid deformity. It is a native ofthe Isle of France. The Dutch, who first disco-vered it, called it the nauseous bird from its dis-gusting figure, and the bad taste of its flesh. \ THE VULTURE. This cruel, unclean, and indolent bird, thoughtotally unknown in England, is common in manyparts of Europe ; and in Egypt, Arabia, and manyother kingdoms of Africa and Asia, vultures arefound in great abundance. In Egypt, and parti-cularl Note 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. -
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