. Fourteen weeks in zoology. Zoology. Oriyx virffinidnug. Bob-white or CoiurTtix European Qnail. aight, the whole covey roost on the ground in a close circle, their heads directed outward.* ORDER BREVIPENNES. General Characteristics.—The Short-winged birds are confined to the earth, and hence the wonderful muscular power in the fore limbs of other birds is in them transfeiTed to the hind limbs. They have two or three toes, terminating in strong claws. The breast-bone is flat, and the peMc bones are united in front. BREVIPENNES. { NOSTBILS AT THE BASE OF THE BILL. " &quo
. Fourteen weeks in zoology. Zoology. Oriyx virffinidnug. Bob-white or CoiurTtix European Qnail. aight, the whole covey roost on the ground in a close circle, their heads directed outward.* ORDER BREVIPENNES. General Characteristics.—The Short-winged birds are confined to the earth, and hence the wonderful muscular power in the fore limbs of other birds is in them transfeiTed to the hind limbs. They have two or three toes, terminating in strong claws. The breast-bone is flat, and the peMc bones are united in front. BREVIPENNES. { NOSTBILS AT THE BASE OF THE BILL. " " " END OF A LONG BILL. Stnithionicls, ApterygidsB, Ostrich. Apteryx. Stnithionidse.—The Ostrich is the largest living bird. Its bill is broad, its long tarsi are covered with scales, and large femur bones with voluminous muscles. The African Ostrich stands eight to ten feet high, and is the swiftest-footed of all animals, f It is remarkable chiefly communis) is found in the Old World and is migratory in habit, leaving Africa in the spring and retumiug from Europe in the autumn. Passing the Mediterranean in immense flocks, millions are captured as they alight upon the rocky islands. * To this order belongs the Domestic Fowl {QaUus banMva). The original stock, however, has been so modified by cultivation for thousands of years, that it cannot be identified though it is generally supposed to have come from India. t The Ostrich will run thirty miles per hour. It is captured by the Arabs on tbeir fleet steeds only after a chase of a day or two, by several relays of horses and 7. 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 Steele, Joel Dorman, 1836-1886. New York, Chicago [etc. ] A. S. Barnes & Company
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