. Arctic zoology [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. â \'i 'â .'â â "â 'h' â ^\: dto^ EUROPEAN kingfisher;.. /h. EoRorBAN KiNorisHER, Br. ZâI, i. N" H.âLatlmm, i. 6126;^. Le Martin-Pecheur, Buffen, vii. 164.â/*/. Eal, 77. Alcedo Ifpida, Lin, Syfl. 179.âLiv. Mus. tr* With tl)e crown, and coverts^ of the wings, of a deep greenj, fpotted with cserulean: fcapulars and back bright casrulean:. tail rich deep blue: breaft and belly orange red. Klacx^. Said by Dk Prat% to be found in North America', buty as I never faw it in any colledlion, doubt the faA. Inhabits the temperate parts ofRuffi


. Arctic zoology [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. â \'i 'â .'â â "â 'h' â ^\: dto^ EUROPEAN kingfisher;.. /h. EoRorBAN KiNorisHER, Br. ZâI, i. N" H.âLatlmm, i. 6126;^. Le Martin-Pecheur, Buffen, vii. 164.â/*/. Eal, 77. Alcedo Ifpida, Lin, Syfl. 179.âLiv. Mus. tr* With tl)e crown, and coverts^ of the wings, of a deep greenj, fpotted with cserulean: fcapulars and back bright casrulean:. tail rich deep blue: breaft and belly orange red. Klacx^. Said by Dk Prat% to be found in North America', buty as I never faw it in any colledlion, doubt the faA. Inhabits the temperate parts ofRuffia and Sibiriai and is frequent about the Jenejeiy but not farther eaft. It does not extend to Smedtn,9Xi^ it even feems a rarity in Dr»- nark *.. -^, i, The Tartars and Ofiiaki ufe thft feathers of this bird as a love- charnn. They fling them on water,.and preferve thofe which fwim}. believing,, that the woman,, whom they touch with one of thefc feathers, will immediately become enamoured with them. The 0/?/fl/tj I preferve the bill, feet, and (kin, in a purfe,. andximagine them to be prefcrvatives againft all forts of misfortunes, f,.- The moft Angular northern philtre, is a fort of mufhroom,. by the youth of Lapland in a purfe,. fendulo. Linn.£us's apoftrophe is very i . " O ridicnla Vbn vi, tibi, qme in extern fc^onibaf iKBiii r«^« et cbcttm ' *' /«/«, conditi* et faccharftds, viois et bellariis, gemniM et margaritia, auro < " et argents, ferico et colinetico, faUationibusct conventiculis, .mufica eti " concediii, tibi fufficit hie folus exfuccus ;' fUra-Laffen, ^68. * UulUi^ Fnd^ ZjnU Han. 13. t Cm$lin,'vcj. ii. 112. XIL N U Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Pennant, Thomas, 1726-1798. London : Printe


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