. Cuvier's animal kingdom : arranged according to its organization. Animals. 239 grounds. The ancients frequently speak of it, because the principal course of its migrations appears to be through Greece and Asia Minor. Between the Cranes and Herons may be placed The Courlan [ {Aramus, Vieillot),] The beak of which, more slender and rather more deeply cleft than that of the Cranes, is swoln near the terminal third of its length ; and the toes are comparatively long, without any basal membrane. [Its anatomy approaches that of the Rails]. The species (Ard. scolopacea, Gm.), resembles the
. Cuvier's animal kingdom : arranged according to its organization. Animals. 239 grounds. The ancients frequently speak of it, because the principal course of its migrations appears to be through Greece and Asia Minor. Between the Cranes and Herons may be placed The Courlan [ {Aramus, Vieillot),] The beak of which, more slender and rather more deeply cleft than that of the Cranes, is swoln near the terminal third of its length ; and the toes are comparatively long, without any basal membrane. [Its anatomy approaches that of the Rails]. The species (Ard. scolopacea, Gm.), resembles the Herons in size as well as manners, and has brown plumage, with some white pencils on the neck. Also The Carle {Europyga, lUig.),— With a beak more slender than that of the Cranes, but marked with a similar nasal groove, and split nearly to the eyes, as in the Herons, but having no naked skin at its base. It is a bird the size of a Partridge, with a long and slender neck, broad open tail, and rather short legs, which altogether impart a very different aspect from that of the wading birds in general. Its plumage, shaded with bands and lines of brown, fulvous, russet, grey and black, recalls to mind the colouring of some of the most beau- tiful Moths. It is found along the rivers of Guiana, [and we suspect is closely allied to the African genus Rhiinchaa\. The second tribe is more carnivorous, and is characterized by its stronger beak, and longer toes : [they mostly nestle upon trees in large societies, and the young are at first helpless and naked]. At its head may be placed The BoATBiLLS {Cnncroma, Lin),— Which would completely resemble the Herons in the strength of their bill, and the kind of nourish- ment resulting therefrom, were it not for the extraordinary form of that organ ; as, upon close exami- nation, we find that it is merely the beak of a Heron or Bittern, very much inflated : in point of fact, the mandibles are singularly wide from right to left, and formed lik
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