. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. I » r I i. WIIITH SlIKATII ;,;„)t;s aVn The f'eiaalL' Siuid (house iiiiikcs no nest, Init lays lier e<^<^s, ovnerally al^nitfwo or (lircc in nuuiber, on tlie bare <<imi\nl. The yoiuij; are very stroii-4 "f i'Hit, ami as s(Mm a^ their pluiiia-e has drieil after their exit I'lnni the shell, they ruu about with their iu,it!iH and ean allerwards lead a lile. The male bird has its forehead whitish, then a blaek jMleh ami tlien wliile. The iiiiiitr part of the
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. I » r I i. WIIITH SlIKATII ;,;„)t;s aVn The f'eiaalL' Siuid (house iiiiikcs no nest, Init lays lier e<^<^s, ovnerally al^nitfwo or (lircc in nuuiber, on tlie bare <<imi\nl. The yoiuij; are very stroii-4 "f i'Hit, ami as s(Mm a^ their pluiiia-e has drieil after their exit I'lnni the shell, they ruu about with their iu,it!iH and ean allerwards lead a lile. The male bird has its forehead whitish, then a blaek jMleh ami tlien wliile. The iiiiiitr part of the jduiiia-e is dusky brown, mottled with bulf; and its luil is buff, barred profasclv with blaekish bruwii. the lij) buiug bufti and the last bar very biuiid aiul blaek. Tb breast IS pale buff, and between the breast and abdomen runs a s( iiiiliinar Mhite baml reaehin,u up to the shoulders. Just below the white there is an e(pially eonspicuous hhuk band, also ninninn' up under the to the shoulders. Tim abdo'men and are pale bulf, transversely with bhiek-biown. in the female the ])luma"e is cf u iiiom yellow east, the blaek pateh on the forehead and blaek band round the chest are wautiir und the white band lias a grey tinge. AxdTiiKJt eiiri(jus group of birds is known by the title of Slieath-biUs, on accoiuit the remarkable sheath of horny substaiiee, whieli' is situated on tlie base ol th,. hill and under which lie the nostrils. The use of this appendaee is rather obscure. The wliulf of the bill IS slaat and stout, and il is eoiisideraljly arched towards the tiji. One of the eommonest s[)ecies of this grunp is the White , a uativiMif Austnilui, New Zealand, iiiid neighbduring islands. This bird is fuiiiid upon the coasts, finding its food anieii- tlio molluscs small , and bestrMuded ii^h and ..ther similar substance^ Vvdmy' under some , it may on carrimi, and thereby give an evil (
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