. Birds of other lands, reptiles, fishes, jointed animals and lower forms;. Zoology; Birds; Reptiles; Fishes. SCREAMERS, DUCKS, GEESE, AND SWANS 6 other. Not onl\' the beak, but the skuh, in certain characters, recalls that of the Game-birds. The body may be described as goose-like, but in the longer legs and enormous toes, which are not connected by a web, these birds recall the Mcgapodes, or Mound- builders The screamers are generall}- regarded as primiti\e members of the group with which the\' are now asso- ciated ; but in many respects the_\' are quite peculiar. Not the least interesting o
. Birds of other lands, reptiles, fishes, jointed animals and lower forms;. Zoology; Birds; Reptiles; Fishes. SCREAMERS, DUCKS, GEESE, AND SWANS 6 other. Not onl\' the beak, but the skuh, in certain characters, recalls that of the Game-birds. The body may be described as goose-like, but in the longer legs and enormous toes, which are not connected by a web, these birds recall the Mcgapodes, or Mound- builders The screamers are generall}- regarded as primiti\e members of the group with which the\' are now asso- ciated ; but in many respects the_\' are quite peculiar. Not the least interesting of their habits is the great predilection the_\- obser\e for soaring in the air at immense altitudes, uttering the while the curious cr\' to which the}' owe their name. Se\'eral birds often do this at once. Yet stranger is the fact that they not seldom gather together in vast flocks to sing in concert. Mr. Hudson, for instance, states that the species known as the Cresied Scre.\.MER on one occasion surprised him b\- " an awful and overpowering burst of ' melody,' " which saluted him from half a million of voices at an out-of-the-wa_v spot in the pampas one e\-ening at nine o'clock; and, again, once at noon he heard flock after flock take up their song round the entire circuit of a certain lake, each flock waiting its turn to sing, and only stopping when the duty had been performed. Like the gannet, these birds are richly supplied. n,l, bj J. T. .V.;i'-njr;] [B,rJ(;j.„,,cJ AYLESBURY DUCK Thh u one oj the moit atecmcd of all domesticated breedi. 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 Cornish, C. J. (Charles John), 1858-1906. New York, University Society
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