The animal kingdom : arranged after its organization, forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy . a specimen of this portion of the skeleton throughoutthe whole, the few modifications which occur of it beinginconsiderable. The stomach (save in the Bustards andCoursers, which in other respects are the least conform-able among them), is always a muscular gizzard, and theintestines long, with small or moderate coeca, and invaria-bly a distinct ccecal remnant of the umbilical vessel. Thefemales (except in the very few species of polygamoushabit), are larger t
The animal kingdom : arranged after its organization, forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy . a specimen of this portion of the skeleton throughoutthe whole, the few modifications which occur of it beinginconsiderable. The stomach (save in the Bustards andCoursers, which in other respects are the least conform-able among them), is always a muscular gizzard, and theintestines long, with small or moderate coeca, and invaria-bly a distinct ccecal remnant of the umbilical vessel. Thefemales (except in the very few species of polygamoushabit), are larger than the males, and they almost invariablylay four eggs on the ground, upon little or no nest, anddispose them with the small ends inwards; the yoimgfollowing their parents as soon as they burst the shell]. According to his own principles, Linnaeus should haveclassed most of these birds in his great genus of The Snipes (Scolopax),—Wliich we divide as follows, from trivial variations of the formof the bill. The Ibises {Ibis, Cuv.).We separate these from the Tantali of Gmelin, on account of theit beak, which, though arcuated as in. 119 —Stcnlaiu of the Knot Sm 243
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