. Introduction to zoology; a guide to the study of animals, for the use of secondary schools;. FIG. 288. — Nest of chimney-swift. Photo, looking down chimney, by S. THE ENGLISH HP ARROW AND ITS ALLIES 803 glands, whose secretions aid in cementing the nest. Our common representative of this group is the chimney-swift, or Certain Chinese species make nests entirely of the mucilaginous secretion of the salivarv glands ; these constitute the edible birds-nests of the Chinese. The goat - suckers include night-flying birds, with exceedingly broad gape and insectivorous habits
. Introduction to zoology; a guide to the study of animals, for the use of secondary schools;. FIG. 288. — Nest of chimney-swift. Photo, looking down chimney, by S. THE ENGLISH HP ARROW AND ITS ALLIES 803 glands, whose secretions aid in cementing the nest. Our common representative of this group is the chimney-swift, or Certain Chinese species make nests entirely of the mucilaginous secretion of the salivarv glands ; these constitute the edible birds-nests of the Chinese. The goat - suckers include night-flying birds, with exceedingly broad gape and insectivorous habits. The night - haAvk of North America, and the whippoorwill, noted for itii characteristic night. ; \ cry, are familiar ex-amples. The order Columbinaeincludes the pigeons andallies, characteristic ofthe Eastern most interestingspecies of the group -the dodo and the soli-taire, formerly inhabit-ants of the islands ofMauritius and Rodri-guez, r e s p e c ti v e 1 y -have become extinct within historic times through thesettlement of these islands by white men. These birdshad rudimentary wings and tail. Their nearest living FIG. 2S!). — Passenger pigeon (Ectop/sfesmigratorius). 1 Fig. 288. 804 ZOOLOGY ally seems to be the u maiiu-mea1 of the Samoan pigeons proper are represented in North America bythree wild species (Fig. 289). The domesticated pigeon,Columba livia, is a native of southern Europe or westernAsia. The order Gallinacei includes a number of terrestrialbirds of large size, especially the grouse or partridges, thepheasants and common fowl, the guinea fowl, and the tur-
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