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Plate 15. Cassell's Book of Birds
THE PURPLE CRESTED CORYTHAIX ____ Corythaix macrorhynchus
Nat. Size
CASSELL'S
BOOK OF BIRDS.
FROM THE TEXT OF DR. BREHM.
BY
THOMAS RYMER JONES, F.R.S.,
PROFESSOR OF NATURAL HISTORY AND COMPARATIVE ANATOMY IN KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON.
WITH UPWARDS OF
Four Hundred Engravings, and a Series of Coloured Plates.
IN FOUR VOLUMES.
VOL. II.
LONDON:
CASSELL, PETTER, AND GALPIN;
AND NEW YORK.
CONTENTS.
CATCHERS (Captantes).—Continued.
PAGE
THE HAWKS (Accipiter):—The Laughing Hawk—The Double-toothed Hawk—The Sparrow Hawk—The TrueHawk, or Gos Hawk. The SINGING HAWKS (Melierax):—The True Singing Hawk—The Serpent Hawk 1-7
RAPTORIAL BIRDS.
THE EAGLES (Aquila):—The Tawny Eagle—The Golden Eagle—The Imperial Eagle—The Spotted Eagle.The DWARF EAGLES (Hieraëtos):—The Booted Eagle—The Dwarf Eagle. The WEDGE-TAILED EAGLES(Uroaëtos):—The Bold Wedge-tailed Eagle. The HAWK EAGLES (Pseudaëtos, Eudolmaëtos, orAsturaëtos):—Bonelli's Hawk Eagle. The HOODED E...
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