. Elements of biology; a practical text-book correlating botany, zoology, and human physiology. Biology. BIRDS 303 — sparrows, swallows, larks, blackbirds, orioles, kingbirds, and many others well known to every bird lover. In this group the toes are so placed, three toes being turned forward and one backward, as to be perfectly adapted to perching. A large number of our sweetest song- sters belong among the perchers, the warblers, wrens, thrushes, bluebirds, and last but not least, our robin. II. The Fowls or Gallina- ceous Birds.— This order is of great economic importance. From the jungle f
. Elements of biology; a practical text-book correlating botany, zoology, and human physiology. Biology. BIRDS 303 — sparrows, swallows, larks, blackbirds, orioles, kingbirds, and many others well known to every bird lover. In this group the toes are so placed, three toes being turned forward and one backward, as to be perfectly adapted to perching. A large number of our sweetest song- sters belong among the perchers, the warblers, wrens, thrushes, bluebirds, and last but not least, our robin. II. The Fowls or Gallina- ceous Birds.— This order is of great economic importance. From the jungle fowl, found wild in the jungles of India, all our domesticated fowls have de- scended. Other familiar exam- ples are the turkeys, quails, partridge or ruffed grouse, and the pheasants and prairie chickens. In this group the legs are strong and stout, the body thick- set, the bill and claws rather blunt. Birds of this order do not fly far in a state of nature, preferring to live on or near the ground. Such birds as the ruffed grouse, which nest on the ground, are almost invariably protectively. White-throated sparrow {Zonotrichia albicuUis).. 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 Hunter, George William, 1873-1948. New York, American book company
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