. Zoology. Zoology. 222 ZOOLOGY. its whole length, the tip knobbed. It is 30 cm. (11 to 12 inches) long, and frequents bogs, swamps, wet woodlands and fields in the eastern United States and Canada. Connecting in some degree the waders and gallinaceous fowl are the bustards of the Old World, certain strange ex- otic birds; especially the horned screamers, represented by a very rare bird, the Palamedea cornuta, which has sharp horns on the wings. Order 6. GallincB (Gallinaceous birds).—The appearance. of these birds, formerly called Rasores, from their peculiar habit of scratching the ground fo
. Zoology. Zoology. 222 ZOOLOGY. its whole length, the tip knobbed. It is 30 cm. (11 to 12 inches) long, and frequents bogs, swamps, wet woodlands and fields in the eastern United States and Canada. Connecting in some degree the waders and gallinaceous fowl are the bustards of the Old World, certain strange ex- otic birds; especially the horned screamers, represented by a very rare bird, the Palamedea cornuta, which has sharp horns on the wings. Order 6. GallincB (Gallinaceous birds).—The appearance. of these birds, formerly called Rasores, from their peculiar habit of scratching the ground for food, is readily recalled by a simple enumeration of the partridge, Oreortyx {0. pictiis, Fig. 264), quail (Ortyx), ptarmigan {LagopnSjYig. 265), pinnated grouse or prairie hen [Cvpidovia cnpido), sage-cock, Canada grouse or spruce partridge (Tefrao), and wild turkey (Meleagris), as well as the exotic forms, the ])heasant of the Old World, the useful hen or barn-yard fowl, which is a descendant of the jungle fowl {Galhis Bankiva) of India. These are allied to the argus-pheasant and the j)eacock of Malaysia, the latter rivalling the hum-. 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 Packard, A. S. (Alpheus Spring), 1839-1905. N. Y. , Holt
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