. Reptiles and birds : a popular account of their various orders : with a description of the habits and economy of the most interesting . Birds; Reptiles. SALANGANE SWALLOW. 537 their powers of fliglit are greater and their speed more sustained; their claws are more robust and hooked. The principal species we have already named. It is only neces- sary to mention the Clitf Swallow (Fig. 241), the Chimney Martin, the Bank Martin, and the Alpine Swift {Cypselus, alpinus), Fig. 242. Among the foreign species the Salangane Swallow (Fig. 243). F„ 1 —Tl Uj b ^H,C!/p IS mclba, \Yooi). may be mentioned
. Reptiles and birds : a popular account of their various orders : with a description of the habits and economy of the most interesting . Birds; Reptiles. SALANGANE SWALLOW. 537 their powers of fliglit are greater and their speed more sustained; their claws are more robust and hooked. The principal species we have already named. It is only neces- sary to mention the Clitf Swallow (Fig. 241), the Chimney Martin, the Bank Martin, and the Alpine Swift {Cypselus, alpinus), Fig. 242. Among the foreign species the Salangane Swallow (Fig. 243). F„ 1 —Tl Uj b ^H,C!/p IS mclba, \Yooi). may be mentioned, so famous over the world for its edible nest. This bird inhabits the rocks and caverns of the sea-shore in Sumatra and Java. When building it eats of the plant called fucus, which abounds in these regions; this is metamorphosed in the bird's stomach, and afterwards disgorged, to fabricate the walls of its nest. The fucus thus devoured forms the nutritive substance so eagerly sought after by the Eastern gourmet. The. 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 Figuier, Louis, 1819-1894; Gillmore, Parker. New York : D. Appleton
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