. The animal kingdom, arranged after its organization, forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy. Zoology. Fig. %(—Dark-lcg^d 1' The Wrens (Troglodytes, Cuv.)— Merely differ in having the beak still more slender, and a little arcuated. W^P"^!' |p [They are properly an American group, of which one species only occurs in Fiif. Pcttichap* the eastern hemisphere.] The European Wren (Mot. troglodytes, Lin.)—Brown and transversely striated, with rather a short tail, gene- rally held erect. It builds a domed nest, and sings agreeably, e
. The animal kingdom, arranged after its organization, forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy. Zoology. Fig. %(—Dark-lcg^d 1' The Wrens (Troglodytes, Cuv.)— Merely differ in having the beak still more slender, and a little arcuated. W^P"^!' |p [They are properly an American group, of which one species only occurs in Fiif. Pcttichap* the eastern hemisphere.] The European Wren (Mot. troglodytes, Lin.)—Brown and transversely striated, with rather a short tail, gene- rally held erect. It builds a domed nest, and sings agreeably, even in the depth of winter. [America produces numerous others, and there are even many well-marked divisions of them.] Some of the foreign species inosculate with the Antcatchers, and others with the Tree-creepers. The Wagtails (Motacilla, Bechst.)— Combine a bill even more slender than that of the Fauvettes, with a long tail, which they are con- stantly shaking up and down, lengthened legs, and particularly elongated tertiary feathers, which extend as far as the tip of the closed wing, imparting a resemblance to the generality of 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 Cuvier, Georges, baron, 1769-1832; Blyth, Edward, 1810-1873; Mudie, Robert, 1777-1842; Johnston, George, 1797-1855; Westwood, J. O. (John Obadiah), 1805-1893; Carpenter, William Benjamin, 1813-1885. London, W. S. Orr and co.
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