Shaw in its smaller size, its darker and more rufous colour, its longer tarsus which is scutulated in front, its shorter toes and claws, which are dark horn-coloured, its smaller wings, which have much stronger and thicker quills, and also in having long... Handbook to The Birds of Australia - Seite 543von John Gould - 1865Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Zoological Society of London - 1850 - 352 Seiten
...Apteryx placed in my hands by Dr. Mautell as belonging to this species, and also to determine mosi satisfactorily the distinctive characters of the common...therefore propose the name of Apteryx Mantelli for this smaller and more common species, — a humble effort to commemorate the exertions of Walter Mantell,... | |
| Zoological Society of London - 1850 - 408 Seiten
...Australia has long been erroneously applied. This bird differs from the original Apteryx Au-stralia of Dr. Shaw in its smaller size, its darker and more...although individuals of this species differ much in size, dependmg probably on age, sex, &c., I have found no exception to the distinctive characters above given.... | |
| 1861 - 638 Seiten
...rufous colour, its longer tarsus, which is scutel" lated in front, its shorter toes and claws, which are horn-coloured; " its smaller wings, which have much...also in having long straggling hairs on the face." Mr. Bartlett tolls us that, as far as he has been able to ascertain, all specimens of Apteryx Mantelli... | |
| British Association for the Advancement of Science. Meeting - 1862 - 776 Seiten
...rufous colour; its longer tarsus, which is scutellated in front ; its shorter toes and claws, which are horn-coloured ; its smaller wings, which have much...also in having long straggling hairs on the face." Mr. Bartlett tells us that, as far as he has been able to ascertain, all specimens of Aptéryx mantelli... | |
| British Association for the Advancement of Science - 1862 - 804 Seiten
...rufous colour; its longer tarsus, which is scutellated in front; its shorter toes and claws, which are horn-coloured ; its smaller wings, which have much...also in having long straggling hairs on the face." Mr. Bartlett tells us that, as far as he has been able to ascertain, all specimens of Apteryx mantelli... | |
| 1890 - 684 Seiten
...rufous colour, its longer tarsus which is scutellated in front, its shorter toes and claws which are horn-coloured, its smaller wings which have much stronger...also in having long straggling hairs on the face.' " Mr. Bartlett stated, further, that the Apteryx belonging to Dr. Mantell was collected by his son... | |
| 1899 - 534 Seiten
...Shaw in its smaller size, its darker and more rufous colour, its longer tarsus which is scntulated in front, its shorter toes and claws, which are dark...differ much in size, depending probably on age, sex, etc., I have found no exception to the distinctive characters above given. I therefore propose the... | |
| 1871 - 504 Seiten
...its longer tarsus which is scutellated in front, its shorter toes and claws which are horn coloured, its smaller wings which have much stronger and thicker...also in having long straggling hairs on the face." Mr. Bartlett stated further, that the Apteryx belonging to Dr. Mantell was collected by his son, in... | |
| 1850 - 312 Seiten
...Australia has long been erroneously applied. This bird differs from the original Apteryx Australia of Dr. Shaw in its smaller size, its darker and more...therefore propose the name of Apteryx Mantelli for this smaller and more common species,—a humble effort to commemorate the exertions of Walter Mantell,... | |
| New Zealand Institute - 1890 - 682 Seiten
...rufous colour, its longer tarsus which is scutellated in front, its shorter toes and claws which are horn-coloured, its smaller wings which have much stronger...also in having long straggling hairs on the face.' " Mr. Bartlett stated, further, that the Apteryx belonging to I>r. Mantell was collected by his son... | |
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