The animal kingdom, arranged after its organization : forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy . almost spherical shape, in holes of some description, collecting no nest, the young retaining their first plumage, which is little less bright than thatof the adult, until the second autumn : the whole of them subsistexclusively on animal diet]. The Kollp;rs, properly so called,—Have a straight beak, higher than liroad, [and comparativelyelongated]. There is one in Europe (C. garrula, Lin.).—Vivid sea-green, with red-dish-fulvous back and scapularies; some pu
The animal kingdom, arranged after its organization : forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy . almost spherical shape, in holes of some description, collecting no nest, the young retaining their first plumage, which is little less bright than thatof the adult, until the second autumn : the whole of them subsistexclusively on animal diet]. The Kollp;rs, properly so called,—Have a straight beak, higher than liroad, [and comparativelyelongated]. There is one in Europe (C. garrula, Lin.).—Vivid sea-green, with red-dish-fulvous back and scapularies; some pure blue at the bend of the\Ying; and size about equal to that of a Jay. It is a very wild bird,though social with its own kind ; noisy; which nestles in the holes oftrees in the forests, and leaves at the approach of winter. It feeds onvt ornis, insects, and small Frogs. Some have the exterior tail-featherselongated, [as in the common Swallow ; and there is one species, inhabit-ing South Africa, which is stated to perch and watch for prey on thehorn of the Rhinoceros, giving notice to that animal of the approach ofthe hunter].. Fif. 94.—Sternum of Roller. The Rolles (Colaris, Cuv., Eurystomus, Vieillot),Differ from the preceding by having a shorter and more arcuated bill, and particularly by its beingwidened at the base, which is broader than high. [The species are less numerous; and there is one inhabiting Australia.] The Birds-of-Paradise {Paradiscea, Lin.),Have a straight, compressed, stout, and unemarginated beak, with covered nostrils, as in the Crows;but the influence of the climate they inhabit, which extends to birds of several other genera [so faras the beak is concerned], imparts a velvety texture, and frequently also a metallic gloss, to those fea-thers which overlie the nostrils, while the plumage of various other parts acquires a singular develope-ment. These birds are indigenous to New Guinea and the neighbouring islands. From the mode inwhich the specimens
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