. Birds: the elements of ornithology ; with 174 illustrations whereof 140 are original drawings. Birds; Birds. ELEMENTS OF OEXITHOLOGT. as a national symbol of tbe Eepublic instead of that hackneyed emblem the Eagle. South and Central America, though they have no Fowls, Pheasants, Guinea-fowls, or Turkeys, possess between fifty and sixty large species of Birds, known as Curassows, of which the Crested Curassow (Crax aJector) may stand as a type. They are plain and sombre in colour compared with the brilhant creatures to which we have before referred. They are also more thoroughly arboreal in t
. Birds: the elements of ornithology ; with 174 illustrations whereof 140 are original drawings. Birds; Birds. ELEMENTS OF OEXITHOLOGT. as a national symbol of tbe Eepublic instead of that hackneyed emblem the Eagle. South and Central America, though they have no Fowls, Pheasants, Guinea-fowls, or Turkeys, possess between fifty and sixty large species of Birds, known as Curassows, of which the Crested Curassow (Crax aJector) may stand as a type. They are plain and sombre in colour compared with the brilhant creatures to which we have before referred. They are also more thoroughly arboreal in their habits, being (like so many species which inhabit that widest of forest-regions—Brazil) specially modified Fig. 4. The Crested Curassow (Crax alector). to live in trees, high up on which they construct their nests of twigs. Australia has no birds to show, like those hitherto enumerated, although its curious mound-building Birds, or "Megapodes," go by the misnomer of " Brush-turkeys,"—no doubt on account of the wattled skin of the head and neck which some of them possess. One handsome kind (Leipoa ocelJata) has its plumage decorated with eye-like markings. These Megapodes are cele- brated for the mounds they raise to receive their eggs. 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 Mivart, St. George Jackson, 1827-1900. London : R. H. Porter
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