. Birds: the elements of ornithology ; with 174 illustrations whereof 140 are original drawings. Birds; Birds. so ELEMENTS OF OENITHOLOGT, a family found in both the Old "World and the New, and con- sisting of five species. As their curious bill would suggest, they wade into the water in search of food. There is one European species, and this bred in England down to about 1670, and even now a few birds seem each year to visit us in spite of their "Fig. The Courser {Cursorius galUciis). unremitting destruction by the curious, and even by ornitholo- gists not ashamed of saying tha
. Birds: the elements of ornithology ; with 174 illustrations whereof 140 are original drawings. Birds; Birds. so ELEMENTS OF OENITHOLOGT, a family found in both the Old "World and the New, and con- sisting of five species. As their curious bill would suggest, they wade into the water in search of food. There is one European species, and this bred in England down to about 1670, and even now a few birds seem each year to visit us in spite of their "Fig. The Courser {Cursorius galUciis). unremitting destruction by the curious, and even by ornitholo- gists not ashamed of saying that thus a specimen of a rare British Bird has been by them " ohtained " ! A well-known English Bird, the beak of which is not flat- tened but elongate and curved, is the Curlew {Numenius arcuatus): and it is to be found in winter on almost every part of our. 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 Mivart, St. George Jackson, 1827-1900. London : R. H. Porter
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