The architecture of birds / [Anon].

  • James Rennie
Date:
1831
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The architecture of birds / [Anon]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    are thrown so far back that it stands almost upright, it has more the air of a small kangaroo, than of a bird. They have this character in common with all the true diving birds. The Puffin (Fratercula Arctica, Bkisson). Length about twelve inches. In the breeding season, numerous troops of them visit several places on our coasts, particularly the small island of Priestholm, near Anglesey, which might well be called puffin land, as the whole surface appears literally covered with them. Soon after their arrival in May, they prepare for breeding, and it is said, the male, contrary to the usual economy of birds, undertakes the hardest part of the labour. He be-
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