The animal kingdom : arranged after its organization, forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy . ects to theCuckoos and Moth-hunters, both which they resemblegenerally in their anatomy, but are hatched naked, inwhich they differ from either. The sternum (fig. 102) iodoubly ernarginated. Their toes are remarkable forbeing zygodactyle on a different principle from that ofany other genus ; the ordinary inner toe being reversedmstead of the outer one : their feathers closely resemblein structure those of the true Poultry, and are similarlyelongated over the
The animal kingdom : arranged after its organization, forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy . ects to theCuckoos and Moth-hunters, both which they resemblegenerally in their anatomy, but are hatched naked, inwhich they differ from either. The sternum (fig. 102) iodoubly ernarginated. Their toes are remarkable forbeing zygodactyle on a different principle from that ofany other genus ; the ordinary inner toe being reversedmstead of the outer one : their feathers closely resemblein structure those of the true Poultry, and are similarlyelongated over the rump, where in certain species theyattain an extraordinary developement in the male sex,^ analogous to the train of a Peacock. Like the Poultry,J also, they are remarkable for the small proportional size/ of the head. They capture insects in the manner of aFlv-catcher. with a swift and deeply undulating flight;some of them feeding likewise upon berries. Are foundin the warm regions of both continents.] The Ani {Crolophaga, Lin.) —Are known by their thick, arcuated, and compressed beak, without denticulation, high, and surmounted. SC4NS0RES. 21/ .ly a sliarp vertical crest [like that of several of the smaller Ilonibills]. They are birds of the hot andhumid climates of America, with stout and elevated tarsi, a long and rounded tail [composed of onlyeight feathers], and black plumage. They subsist on insects and grain, fly in flocks, and several pairslay and incubate in the same nest, wliich is placed on the branches of trees, and is built of asize proportionate to the number of couples which help to construct it. They are easily tamed, andeven taught to speak ; but iheir flesh is rank and disagreeable. [Tlie similarity of the colour and size of these birds to the Qtttscati nnd Scohphagiy (p. 202), which inhabit thesame countries, has occasioned much confu&iun in their history. It is the latter, and nut the Ani, which arej;ranivorous; and which also are easily tamed and taught t
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