. American ornithology, or, The natural history of the birds of the United States [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. 374 CLAPPEU KAIL. rump; legs and naked part of the thighs palo red; feet three toed, the outer joined to the middle hy a broad and strong membrane, and each bordered with a rough warty edge; the soles of the foet are defended from the hard sand and shells by a remarkably thiek and callous warty skin. On opening these birds the smallest of the three was found to be a male ; the gullet widened into a kind of crop; the stomach, or gizzard, contained fragments of shell-fish, pieces of cra
. American ornithology, or, The natural history of the birds of the United States [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. 374 CLAPPEU KAIL. rump; legs and naked part of the thighs palo red; feet three toed, the outer joined to the middle hy a broad and strong membrane, and each bordered with a rough warty edge; the soles of the foet are defended from the hard sand and shells by a remarkably thiek and callous warty skin. On opening these birds the smallest of the three was found to be a male ; the gullet widened into a kind of crop; the stomach, or gizzard, contained fragments of shell-fish, pieces of crabs, and of the great king-crab, with some dark brown marine insects. The tlesii was remark- ably film itnd muscular, the skull thick and strong, intended no doubt, as in the Woodpecker tribe, for the security of the brain from the vio- lent concussions it might receive while the bird was engaged in digging. The female and young birds have the back and scapulars of a sooty brownish olive. This species is found as far south as Cayeiino and Surinam. Dam- pier met with it on the coast of New Holland; the British circumnavi- gators also saw it on Van Diemen's Land, Terra del Fuego, and Now 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 Wilson, Alexander, 1766-1813; Canino, Charles Lucien Jules Laurent Bonaparte, Prince de. Philadelphia : Porter & Coates
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