. Birds: the elements of ornithology ; with 174 illustrations whereof 140 are original drawings. Birds; Birds. INTEODUCTION, 73 former days may have fed upou species of Dinornis, perching on their backs in a situation whence they could not easily be dis- lodged. If such was the case, it is easy to understand how the woolly back of the sheep might readily have attracted these Parrots. It would have but recalled to their imaginations asso- ciated sensations leading to acts which revived this instinct which thus had only become dormant in The Kea Parrot {Nesfor notabilis). A variety of oth
. Birds: the elements of ornithology ; with 174 illustrations whereof 140 are original drawings. Birds; Birds. INTEODUCTION, 73 former days may have fed upou species of Dinornis, perching on their backs in a situation whence they could not easily be dis- lodged. If such was the case, it is easy to understand how the woolly back of the sheep might readily have attracted these Parrots. It would have but recalled to their imaginations asso- ciated sensations leading to acts which revived this instinct which thus had only become dormant in The Kea Parrot {Nesfor notabilis). A variety of other groups of remarkable Birds have no representative in Europe, and many of them are exclusively inhabitants of South America, which contains the most extensive forest-region in the world. Amongst these are the Toucans—very brightly coloured Birds with extraordinarily large, elongated, gently curved beaks, which. 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 Mivart, St. George Jackson, 1827-1900. London : R. H. Porter
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