Zoological Illustrations, Volume 3: or, Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting AnimalsSwainson, William
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Zoological Illustrations, Volume 3: or, Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals
Swainson, William
Animals -- Pictorial works
_S. supra cinerea, infra albescens, capite, alis uropygioque
olivaceo-flavis; jugulo flavescente; palpebris plumis niveis
insignibus._
Above cinereous, beneath whitish; head, wings, and rump, olive yellow;
throat yellowish; eyes encircled by a ring of snowy feathers.
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On first receiving this bird from New Holland, I was inclined to think it a
distinct species from the African White-eyed Warbler; but further
consideration has led me to adopt a different opinion: it is true that I am
unacquainted with any one land bird which is common to both countries, and
much weight should be attached to the geographic distribution both of
families and species. These two birds, however, differ in their colour, and
somewhat in their size. On the other hand, the White-eyed Warbler, as
before observed, is found both in Africa and India; and is, therefore,
probably migratory. Nature, moreover, is not bound by laws to which there
are no exceptions; and the leading points of resemblance between these
birds are very strong. On the whole, therefore, I am inclined to consider
them as varieties of one species, forming a solitary exception to the
general dissimilarity between the birds of Africa and those of New Holland.
Size of the Wood Wren: the head and ears are olive yellow, changing to
brighter yellow on the chin, and part of the throat; the neck and back
cinereous, graduating to yellowish olive on the rump and upper tail covers;
wings the same, the inside of the quills blackish; sides of the throat
cinereous; body and under tail covers whitish; the sides tinged with
ferruginous; the stripe between the bill and eye is more brown than black;
and the white feathers round the eye, not so conspicuous as in the African
variety.
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Pl. 166
[Illustration]
BULIMUS citrinus, (_var._)
_Citron Bulimus,_ (_3 varieties_.)
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GENERIC CHARACTER.--See Pl. 4.
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SPECIFIC CHARACTER.--See Pl. 46.
VARIETIES.
A. Yellow, with black lines. _Zool. Ill._ _pl._ 46.
B. Yellow, with black lines and chesnut stripes. _Zool. Ill._ _p._ 47.
C. Yellow, variegated with green; inner lip obsolete. _Fig._ 1. _B.
virescens._ _Sw. Bligh Cat._ _p._ 13.
D. Green, striped with yellow; inner lip white. _Fig._ 2. 3.
E. Orange, with flame-coloured waved stripes. _Fig._ 4.
F. Pale yellow, with brown waved stripes.
_Lam. Syst._ 6. 2. _p._ 178. 5.
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