. Birds of other lands, reptiles, fishes, jointed animals and lower forms;. Zoology; Birds; Reptiles; Fishes. 88 THE LIVING ANIMALS OF THE WORLD a note which has been hkened to the noise made b\' a spinning-wheel, and so powerful as to be audible half a mile off. This note is made while on the ground : on the wing, while t0}'ing with its mate, another equally peculiar sound is made, which has been likened to the noise made by swinging a A\'hip-thong through the air. No nest is made b)' this bird ; but the eggs, two in number and beautifully marked, are laid on the bare ground. The \'oung arc c
. Birds of other lands, reptiles, fishes, jointed animals and lower forms;. Zoology; Birds; Reptiles; Fishes. 88 THE LIVING ANIMALS OF THE WORLD a note which has been hkened to the noise made b\' a spinning-wheel, and so powerful as to be audible half a mile off. This note is made while on the ground : on the wing, while t0}'ing with its mate, another equally peculiar sound is made, which has been likened to the noise made by swinging a A\'hip-thong through the air. No nest is made b)' this bird ; but the eggs, two in number and beautifully marked, are laid on the bare ground. The \'oung arc covered with down, and remain in the nest for some time. Another \ery remarkable feature is the fact that the claw of the middle toe has its inner edge curiously serrated, farming a sort of comb, the function of which is unknown. This comb-like claw occurs also in some few other birds â bitterns, for instance. A very remarkable kind is the I'en''T-wixced NICIIT-JAR, in which one of the quill- feathers in each wing is produced into a " pennant" of some 17 inches in length. The shaft of the feather is bare for the greater part of its length, and terminates in a feathery blade. It is an Ab3'ssinian species about which not much is Phiio by W. Savlllt-Ketit, ^ MORE-PORKS â S'o ojlhd from the norf llity utter [M,lfird-on-Sâ¬, Some of the night-jars, as the New World NlGHT-llAWK and the Old World Eared ,are particularly owl-like, a resemblance imparted b}' long " ear-like " tufts of feathers \vhich rise from the back of the head. Others, as the MORE-ri iRK of the Tasmanian colonists, or the Frog-MOUTH, as it is called in Australia, are remark- able for the huge size of the mouth, bounded, as it appears to be, by huge lips, represented by the short, round-edged beak. Very nearly related to the night-jars is the OiL-BiRD of South America, wdiich lives in ca\'es in Trinidad,Ecuador,and Peru,where it builds a nest which has been likened i
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