Copy 1, Volume 9

General zoology, or systematic natural history / By George Shaw ... with plates from the first authorities and most select specimens, engraved principally by Mr. Heath.

  • Shaw, George, 1751-1813.
Date:
1800-1826
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: General zoology, or systematic natural history / By George Shaw ... with plates from the first authorities and most select specimens, engraved principally by Mr. Heath. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    BIRDS. ORDER PICS. POGONIUS. Generic Character. Rostrum magnum, crassum, || Beak large, thick, ciliated at basi ciliatum, mandibula the base; with the upper - superiore utrinque biden- mandible bidentate on both tata. sides. Nares vibrissis tectze. Nostrils covered with bristles. Pedes simplices, digitis duo- || eet simple, with. two toes bus anticis, duobus pos- before, and two behind. ticis. ‘Tere are at present only three species known of this curious genus, which may be easily distin- guished from Bucco by the characters above given. They are all inhabitants of Africa, but with their manners we are utterly unacquainted.