. A manual of zoology. Zoology. 614 CHORD AT A. spur, a process of the tarso-metatarsus, covered with horn. The margins of the upper jaw overlap the lower; the beak is bent downward at the tip and is about as long as the head. Naked, richly vascular lobes form comb and wattles which are specially large in the more elegantly plumaged males. The Phasianid^ are polygamous; Phasiamis, with many species of pheasants; Oallus hanMva of the Sunda Islands, the ancestors of domestic. Fio. 643.—Foot forms. (From Schmarda.) n, semi-palmate,-srading of Ciconia : ing of Tutdiis : c, rasorial of Fk
. A manual of zoology. Zoology. 614 CHORD AT A. spur, a process of the tarso-metatarsus, covered with horn. The margins of the upper jaw overlap the lower; the beak is bent downward at the tip and is about as long as the head. Naked, richly vascular lobes form comb and wattles which are specially large in the more elegantly plumaged males. The Phasianid^ are polygamous; Phasiamis, with many species of pheasants; Oallus hanMva of the Sunda Islands, the ancestors of domestic. Fio. 643.—Foot forms. (From Schmarda.) n, semi-palmate,-srading of Ciconia : ing of Tutdiis : c, rasorial of Fkasianus : d, raptorial of Faico ; c, adherent of Cypsehis; /, cursorial of Struthlo ; g, zygodactyl (scansorial) of Picus ; A, lobate of Pndiceps ; i, lobate and scalloped of Fulica ; fc, palmate of An<.is ; /, totipalmate of f . Fhaethon. fowl. Meleagris* the turkeys. The Tetraonid^ are partly , partly monogamous. Coturnix* quail; Perdix* partridge ; Bonasa* grouse. The incubation of the Megapodes has been referred to (p. 611). Sub Order II. C0LUMBINJ3. The pigeons are distinguished from the GallinaceiB by the more slender bodies, shorter legs, the toes free, and the longer wings capable of prolonged flight. They are altrical; the crop produces a milky secretion used iu feeding the young. The are the most widely distributed and are represented in the tropics by numerous beautifully colored species. Cohiinha* According to Darwin the domestic pigeons come from C. Uria, the blue rock pigeon ; Ectopistes miijratorins* passenger pigeon, practically exterminated. Allied was the dodo, Didiis hieptus, of Madagascar, exterminated in the eighteenth century. Sub Order 111. NATATOKES. A number of families, while differing much in structure, are united by their inclination for an aquatic life. They are called swimming l)irds (Natatores) because, thanks to their. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enha
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