. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory: including their organization, habits, and relation; remarks on classification and nomenclature; an account of the principal organs of birds, and observations relative to practical ornithology .. . crest extremely prominent, its lower outlinea little convex, the anterior concave. Tlie clavicles arerather short and moderately stout; tlie furcxila rather slender,cuned, with the angle rather wide and rounded. Tlie sca-pula slender and arcuate. Tlie himierus moderately long,tlie cubitus about a fourth longer; two carjial bones ; the-pollical b
. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory: including their organization, habits, and relation; remarks on classification and nomenclature; an account of the principal organs of birds, and observations relative to practical ornithology .. . crest extremely prominent, its lower outlinea little convex, the anterior concave. Tlie clavicles arerather short and moderately stout; tlie furcxila rather slender,cuned, with the angle rather wide and rounded. Tlie sca-pula slender and arcuate. Tlie himierus moderately long,tlie cubitus about a fourth longer; two carjial bones ; the-pollical bone slender and tapering; the two metacAqjal bonesiunited at both ends, the inner very slender; the outer digitalbone broad, internally thin-edged, the inner ver^ small andcurved, the extreme digital binie slender and tapering. Thepehis is large ; the ischium united, but leaving a largeoblong foramen ; the pubes very slender, free unless at thebase; the femur of moderate length ; the tibia very long,slender ; the fibula very slender, partially united, extendingto about half the length of the tibia ; tarsus nearly square ;the hind toe elevated, small, of tAvo phalanges, and a basalbone, the rest of rather short, three, lour, and five Viu. 5. Tlie skeleton of the Snipe is vciy little (hffrrent, the limbsonly being shorter, and the bones proportionally thinner. Init the vertebra^ are , of which X-l are cervical, 9 dorsal,18 sacral, and 8 caudal. TENTATORES. PllOBEllS. 57 IJirtls of tliis order occur in iiU couutric-. Tlicy lVc(|ucntmarslics, tlio miuf;ins of lakes and rivers, and the sliores ofthe sea. Their food consists essentially of wonns, and smalltestaceous mollusca, as well as insects of various kinds, andalong Avith it a (juantity of sand is usually found in thestomach, which is a true gizzard, adapted for bruising. Therefuse is not disgorged, but passes in a comminuted statethrough the intestine. Generally speaking, they run withextreme celerity, tliose whi
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