. Natural history. For the use of schools and families. Zoology. 174 NATUEAL HISTOET. nent and Australia. As these birds have the stout legs' of an Ostrich, and are fast runners, preferring running to flying, some naturalists place them among the Cursores; but as. they have -wings of considerable size, and can fly readily and far, they obviously do not belong in that or- der. They "have some alliance to the Pheasants (§ 276), for they live in part on grain, deposit their eggs in the ground without any proper nest, and do not live in pairs. The Great Bustard, Fig. 139, is the largest of al
. Natural history. For the use of schools and families. Zoology. 174 NATUEAL HISTOET. nent and Australia. As these birds have the stout legs' of an Ostrich, and are fast runners, preferring running to flying, some naturalists place them among the Cursores; but as. they have -wings of considerable size, and can fly readily and far, they obviously do not belong in that or- der. They "have some alliance to the Pheasants (§ 276), for they live in part on grain, deposit their eggs in the ground without any proper nest, and do not live in pairs. The Great Bustard, Fig. 139, is the largest of all the Eu- ropean birds. The full-grown male is four "feet long, and weighs from thirty to forty pounds. Though once com- mon in England, it is now rarely seen there; but it is still common in Spain, fc Greece, in some parts of Russia, and in the wilds of Tartary. '^i 284. The Plover p family are also good s^ runners. They be- long mostly to the Fig. 139 Great Bustard. Jr ^ t temperate climates of the Old World. They are found chiefly in sandy, un- sheltered shores and moors. Their wings are large, and in their flight they wheel round in circles, much like the Swifts and the Pigeons. The Oyster-catcher, extensively distributed in the Old World, is also one of the Plovers of this country. It lives on Oysters and other bivalves, having a wedge-shaped bill peculiarly fitted to open them. The Lapwing, Fig. 140 (p. 175), one of the European Plov- ers, is a beautiful bird. It has a crest of long black feathers extending backward, and this, with the black. 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 Hooker, Worthington, 1806-1867. New York, Harper & Brothers
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