Subject ASC00007gc
Magazine of natural history and journal of zoology, botany, mineralogy, geology and meteorology.
n.s. v. 1 (1837), Page 326 (1837)
Natural History Museum Library, London
BHL Page 2334442
Keywords
diagram bird beak comparison finch finches bills beak shape gape bill coccoborus western africa Bird swainson birds beaks dertroides South America If as naturalists conceive the typical character of the finches is in the strength and conic form of the bill then the bird before us possessing both in the most eminent degree of perfection must stand at the head of the entire family. Birds of West Africa biology ornithology variation Western Africa mandible