A Hand book to the Birds of Great Britain volume 2
A Hand book to the Birds of Great Britain volume 2
Richard Bowdler Sharpe
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B. I. P. 69 (1871) ; Dresser, B. Eur. Vi. P. 93, pi. 382 (1871) ; Seeb. Brit. B. I. P. 42 (1883) ; Saunders, Man. Brit. B. P. 339 (1889). Ccrchneis vespertina, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. I. P. 443 (1874)- Tinnunculus vespertinus, B. O. U. List Brit. B. P. 103 (1883). 208 LLOYD'S NATURAL HISTORY. Adult Male General colour above leaden-grey, the wing- coverts rather paler, the greater coverts more hoary-grey; primary-coverts and quills hoary-grey, the secondaries darker and more like the back ; t...ail brownish-black ; under surface of body bluish-grey, with faint indications of black shaft-stripes; lower abdomen, vent, thighs, and under tail-coverts rich chest- nut ; under wing-coverts leaden-grey ; quill-lining brownish- black ; cere, orbits, and feet bright brownish-red ; claws yellowish-white, with horn-coloured tips ; bill yellowish horn- colour, blackish at tip; iris light brown. Total length, 11*5 inches; culmen, 075; wing, 9^8; tail, 5'6; tarsus, i'i5. Adult Female. Different from the male.
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